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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Main character in fiction or drama






8. 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.






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






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






11. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






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






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






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






15. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






23. Examine and judge carefully.






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






25. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. An idea that is implied or suggested






34. The state of cohering or sticking together






35. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Give the main point or idea






47. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






49. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






50. Character pitted against protagonist







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