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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






4. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






8. Give the main point or idea






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Assert or affirm strongly






17. Using language effectively to please or persuade






18. 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.






19. Lacking stimulating characteristics






20. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






23. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Tell how things are alike and different






30. Make a blueprint of






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






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






33. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






48. 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






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






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