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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






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






3. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






6. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






7. Character pitted against protagonist






8. Lacking stimulating characteristics






9. An idea that is implied or suggested






10. Showing little if any change






11. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






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






22. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






23. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






26. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






28. 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.






29. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






30. 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.






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






32. Main character in fiction or drama






33. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






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






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






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






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






38. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






43. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






45. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






48. A system of scaffolds






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






50. Examine and judge carefully.







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