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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






16. The state of cohering or sticking together






17. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






24. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






27. Main character in fiction or drama






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






29. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






30. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






31. Lacking stimulating characteristics






32. Using language effectively to please or persuade






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






44. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






49. Tell how things are alike and different






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