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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






5. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






14. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






15. Assert or affirm strongly






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






17. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






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






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






20. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






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






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






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






24. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






25. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






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






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






28. 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






29. Describe in vivid detail






30. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






35. Make a blueprint of






36. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






39. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






40. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






41. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






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






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






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






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






46. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






50. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences







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