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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Make a blueprint of






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






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






19. Assert or affirm strongly






20. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






21. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






26. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






30. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






40. Tell how things are alike and different






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






42. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The study of the sources and development of words






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