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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






6. Testimony that is presented word for word.






7. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






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






13. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






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






15. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






26. 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.






27. Showing little if any change






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






29. 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






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






31. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. To examine carefully; study closely






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






38. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






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






40. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






43. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






45. An idea that is implied or suggested






46. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






47. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






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






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






50. Crediting source within the paper.