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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






7. Crediting source within the paper.






8. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






11. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






12. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






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






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






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






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






17. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






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






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






20. Lacking stimulating characteristics






21. Testimony that is presented word for word.






22. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






24. Give the main point or idea






25. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






31. Classifying people by their traits.






32. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






33. 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.






34. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Character pitted against protagonist






45. Using language effectively to please or persuade






46. 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.






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






48. Describe in vivid detail






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






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