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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. The study of the sources and development of words






6. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






14. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






16. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






21. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






26. Showing little if any change






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






28. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






29. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






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






35. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






38. Character pitted against protagonist






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






40. Describe in vivid detail






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






42. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






44. Give the main point or idea






45. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






47. Make a blueprint of






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






49. Describe in vivid detail






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