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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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.






2. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






3. Main character in fiction or drama






4. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






7. Assert or affirm strongly






8. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






10. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






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






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






13. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






14. Main character in fiction or drama






15. Showing little if any change






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






17. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






19. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






28. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






29. Testimony that is presented word for word.






30. 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.






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






32. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






34. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






37. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






38. Crediting source within the paper.






39. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






43. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






46. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






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






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






49. Examine and judge carefully.






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







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