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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






7. To examine carefully; study closely






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






9. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






13. Main character in fiction or drama






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






15. Crediting source within the paper.






16. Tell how things are alike and different






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






18. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






20. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






21. Character pitted against protagonist






22. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






25. Give the main point or idea






26. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






29. An idea that is implied or suggested






30. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






31. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






34. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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