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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Examine and judge carefully.






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






3. Tell how things are alike and different






4. 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.






5. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






8. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






11. Classifying people by their traits.






12. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve






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






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






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






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






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. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






20. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






22. 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.






23. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






28. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






29. Using language effectively to please or persuade






30. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






32. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






33. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






34. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






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






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






46. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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