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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Character pitted against protagonist






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






10. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






13. 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.






14. The study of the sources and development of words






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






16. 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.






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






18. Main character in fiction or drama






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






20. Classifying people by their traits.






21. An idea that is implied or suggested






22. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






23. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






26. The study of the sources and development of words






27. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






31. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






33. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






36. To examine carefully; study closely






37. Character pitted against protagonist






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






39. Give the main point or idea






40. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






44. Assert or affirm strongly






45. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






46. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






48. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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