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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






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






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






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






8. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






9. 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.






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






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






12. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






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






34. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






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






36. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Give the main point or idea






45. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






47. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






49. The study of the sources and development of words






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







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