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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






4. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






5. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. To examine carefully; study closely






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






14. Character pitted against protagonist






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






16. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






18. Showing little if any change






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






20. Give the main point or idea






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






22. Give the main point or idea






23. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






34. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






35. 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.






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






37. Assert or affirm strongly






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






39. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






44. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






45. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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