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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 literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






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






4. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






5. Assert or affirm strongly






6. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






7. Classifying people by their traits.






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






9. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






10. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






11. 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.






12. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






13. Make a blueprint of






14. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






16. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






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






18. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






19. Describe in vivid detail






20. Lacking stimulating characteristics






21. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






22. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






25. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






26. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






27. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






28. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






29. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






30. Tell how things are alike and different






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






32. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






33. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






34. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






35. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






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






37. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






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






39. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






40. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






43. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






44. To examine carefully; study closely






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






46. Assert or affirm strongly






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






48. The study of the sources and development of words






49. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






50. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party