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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






2. Character pitted against protagonist






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






4. Showing little if any change






5. 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.






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






15. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






16. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






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






18. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






20. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






21. Testimony that is presented word for word.






22. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






23. 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.






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






25. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






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






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






28. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






30. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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