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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. 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






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






3. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






4. 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.






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






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






7. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






10. The study of the sources and development of words






11. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






14. Describe in vivid detail






15. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






16. Assert or affirm strongly






17. Examine and judge carefully.






18. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






20. Crediting source within the paper.






21. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






25. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






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






27. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






32. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






33. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






35. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






41. Main character in fiction or drama






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






43. 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.






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






45. Lacking stimulating characteristics






46. 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






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






48. Classifying people by their traits.






49. 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.






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