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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






6. An idea that is implied or suggested






7. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






12. Testimony that is presented word for word.






13. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. Character pitted against protagonist






29. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






30. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. The study of the sources and development of words






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






43. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






45. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






49. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






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