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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






6. 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.






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






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






9. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






11. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






14. A system of scaffolds






15. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






16. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






18. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






27. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






32. Showing little if any change






33. An idea that is implied or suggested






34. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






37. Testimony that is presented word for word.






38. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






39. Tell how things are alike and different






40. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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







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