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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






4. Using language effectively to please or persuade






5. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






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






7. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






9. Tell how things are alike and different






10. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






11. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






14. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






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






17. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






20. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






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






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






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






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






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






26. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






28. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






31. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






35. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






36. Make a blueprint of






37. 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.






38. Classifying people by their traits.






39. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






40. 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.






41. The state of cohering or sticking together






42. Showing little if any change






43. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






45. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






47. Give the main point or idea






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






49. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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