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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Showing little if any change






2. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






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






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






7. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






9. Describe in vivid detail






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






11. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. Assert or affirm strongly






19. 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.






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






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






22. Lacking stimulating characteristics






23. Give the main point or idea






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






25. The study of the sources and development of words






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






27. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






30. The state of cohering or sticking together






31. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






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






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






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






35. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A system of scaffolds






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






49. 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.






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