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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






14. To examine carefully; study closely






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






16. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






20. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






22. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






25. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Describe in vivid detail






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






35. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






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






37. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






38. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






40. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






43. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






45. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






46. 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.






47. Tell how things are alike and different






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






49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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







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