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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. To examine carefully; study closely






3. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






4. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






6. The study of the sources and development of words






7. Main character in fiction or drama






8. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






9. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






11. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Make a blueprint of






19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






22. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






25. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






29. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






30. The study of the sources and development of words






31. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






35. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






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






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






38. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






39. 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.






40. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






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






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






43. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






45. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






46. An idea that is implied or suggested






47. Examine and judge carefully.






48. 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.






49. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






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