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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






3. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






15. Character pitted against protagonist






16. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






18. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






21. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. Showing little if any change






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






32. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






42. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






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






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






45. Crediting source within the paper.






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






47. Main character in fiction or drama






48. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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