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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. Give the main point or idea






5. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






7. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






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






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






17. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






29. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






32. Give the main point or idea






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






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






35. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






36. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






42. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






45. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






47. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






50. Make a blueprint of