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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






5. Make a blueprint of






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






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






8. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






11. Classifying people by their traits.






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






13. Crediting source within the paper.






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






15. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






16. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






18. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






20. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






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






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






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






24. Assert or affirm strongly






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






26. Describe in vivid detail






27. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






28. Classifying people by their traits.






29. To examine carefully; study closely






30. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






31. 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.






32. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






35. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






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






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






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






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






40. Showing little if any change






41. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






42. The study of the sources and development of words






43. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






47. To examine carefully; study closely






48. The study of the sources and development of words






49. Showing little if any change






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