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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






6. The state of cohering or sticking together






7. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






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






20. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






21. Crediting source within the paper.






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






23. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






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






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






31. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






32. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






33. A system of scaffolds






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Character pitted against protagonist






39. 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.






40. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.






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






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






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






44. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






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






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