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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. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Classifying people by their traits.






14. Tell how things are alike and different






15. A system of scaffolds






16. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






19. Character pitted against protagonist






20. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. To examine carefully; study closely






27. The study of the sources and development of words






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






29. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






32. Give the main point or idea






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






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






35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






37. Using language effectively to please or persuade






38. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






39. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






50. The state of cohering or sticking together