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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






13. Assert or affirm strongly






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






15. An idea that is implied or suggested






16. 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.






17. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






18. Showing little if any change






19. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






22. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






25. 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.






26. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






36. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Lacking stimulating characteristics






44. 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.






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






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






47. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






48. 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.






49. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






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