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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Testimony that is presented word for word.






16. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






19. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. An idea that is implied or suggested






30. 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






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






32. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






33. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






38. A system of scaffolds






39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






40. Testimony that is presented word for word.






41. Showing little if any change






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






43. The state of cohering or sticking together






44. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






45. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






46. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






47. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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