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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






4. Give the main point or idea






5. A system of scaffolds






6. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






7. Character pitted against protagonist






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






9. Tell how things are alike and different






10. 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






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






12. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






17. Lacking stimulating characteristics






18. Make a blueprint of






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






20. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






21. Classifying people by their traits.






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






23. Showing little if any change






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






25. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






26. Describe in vivid detail






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






38. Character pitted against protagonist






39. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






44. Assert or affirm strongly






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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







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