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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






2. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






3. Using language effectively to please or persuade






4. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






5. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






6. Examine and judge carefully.






7. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






8. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






9. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.






10. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






11. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






12. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






13. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






14. Classifying people by their traits.






15. A system of scaffolds






16. Character pitted against protagonist






17. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.






18. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






19. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






20. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






21. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






22. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






23. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






24. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






25. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






26. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






27. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






28. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






29. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






30. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






31. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






32. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






33. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






34. Lacking stimulating characteristics






35. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






36. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






37. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






38. An idea that is implied or suggested






39. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






40. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






41. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.






42. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






43. To examine carefully; study closely






44. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






45. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






46. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






47. Describe in vivid detail






48. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






49. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






50. Testimony that is presented word for word.