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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






3. 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.






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






5. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






10. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






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






12. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






15. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






18. Tell how things are alike and different






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






20. Tell how things are alike and different






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






22. Assert or affirm strongly






23. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






25. Describe in vivid detail






26. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






27. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






28. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






29. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






33. Make a blueprint of






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






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






36. A system of scaffolds






37. Showing little if any change






38. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






41. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






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






43. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






46. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






47. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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