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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. To examine carefully; study closely






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






3. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






8. Character pitted against protagonist






9. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






10. 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.






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






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






13. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






21. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






22. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






24. Showing little if any change






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






26. To examine carefully; study closely






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






28. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






30. Crediting source within the paper.






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






32. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






33. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






34. Assert or affirm strongly






35. The state of cohering or sticking together






36. Make a blueprint of






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






38. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






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






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 repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






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






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






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






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






47. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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