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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Make a blueprint of






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






4. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






8. Tell how things are alike and different






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






10. 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.






11. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






12. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






15. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






17. 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.






18. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Lacking stimulating characteristics






28. The state of cohering or sticking together






29. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






30. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






31. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






34. 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.






35. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






38. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






41. The study of the sources and development of words






42. 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






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






44. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






49. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






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