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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A system of scaffolds






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






3. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






5. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






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






10. Describe in vivid detail






11. The study of the sources and development of words






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






13. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






16. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






19. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






33. 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.






34. Classifying people by their traits.






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Showing little if any change






42. Crediting source within the paper.






43. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






46. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






47. To examine carefully; study closely






48. 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.






49. 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






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