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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






24. 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.






25. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






28. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






31. Tell how things are alike and different






32. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






33. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






37. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






39. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






40. Crediting source within the paper.






41. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






43. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






46. An idea that is implied or suggested






47. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






50. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction