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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






4. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






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






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






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






9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






12. Assert or affirm strongly






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






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






27. 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.






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






29. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






32. Make a blueprint of






33. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






35. Lacking stimulating characteristics






36. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






39. Assert or affirm strongly






40. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






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






43. Testimony that is presented word for word.






44. 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.






45. A system of scaffolds






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






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






48. Examine and judge carefully.






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






50. A major division of the action of a play or drama.