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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






12. Assert or affirm strongly






13. 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.






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






15. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






17. The study of the sources and development of words






18. Classifying people by their traits.






19. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






23. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






27. Showing little if any change






28. Examine and judge carefully.






29. Make a blueprint of






30. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






40. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






43. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






45. Crediting source within the paper.






46. To examine carefully; study closely






47. A system of scaffolds






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






49. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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