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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






4. Crediting source within the paper.






5. Describe in vivid detail






6. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






15. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






27. Examine and judge carefully.






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






29. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






33. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






36. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






40. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






43. Describe in vivid detail






44. 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.






45. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.