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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. An idea that is implied or suggested






4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






9. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Make a blueprint of






18. Give the main point or idea






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






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






21. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






24. To examine carefully; study closely






25. Crediting source within the paper.






26. 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.






27. 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






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






29. 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.






30. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






33. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Showing little if any change






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






45. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






46. 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.






47. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






48. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






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