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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Make a blueprint of






2. To examine carefully; study closely






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






4. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






6. Showing little if any change






7. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






10. Describe in vivid detail






11. 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.






12. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






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






14. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






20. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






21. Give the main point or idea






22. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






24. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






30. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






42. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






44. Character pitted against protagonist






45. Lacking stimulating characteristics






46. 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






47. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






50. Give the main point or idea