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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. The study of the sources and development of words






4. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






5. Examine and judge carefully.






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






7. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






8. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






14. Describe in vivid detail






15. A system of scaffolds






16. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






18. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






19. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. To examine carefully; study closely






29. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






30. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Main character in fiction or drama






37. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






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






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






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






41. Crediting source within the paper.






42. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






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






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






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






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






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