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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Classifying people by their traits.






4. 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.






5. Character pitted against protagonist






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






7. The state of cohering or sticking together






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






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






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






17. Examine and judge carefully.






18. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






23. A system of scaffolds






24. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. To examine carefully; study closely






41. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






42. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






45. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






47. Crediting source within the paper.






48. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






50. Give the main point or idea







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