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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






5. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Main character in fiction or drama






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






20. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






25. To examine carefully; study closely






26. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






29. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






30. Assert or affirm strongly






31. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






33. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






37. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






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






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






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






41. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






43. Character pitted against protagonist






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






45. 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






46. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






49. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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