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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






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






6. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






7. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






12. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.






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






14. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






20. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






25. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






26. 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.






27. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






32. To examine carefully; study closely






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






34. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






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






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






40. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






41. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






42. The study of the sources and development of words






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






46. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






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






48. Using language effectively to please or persuade






49. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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