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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






14. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Assert or affirm strongly






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Describe in vivid detail






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






32. Crediting source within the paper.






33. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






34. A system of scaffolds






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






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






37. Give the main point or idea






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






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






40. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






46. Give the main point or idea






47. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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