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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






2. Testimony that is presented word for word.






3. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






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






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






6. 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.






7. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






9. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






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






14. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. Tell how things are alike and different






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






24. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






25. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






26. 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.






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






28. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






32. Make a blueprint of






33. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






37. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Showing little if any change






45. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






48. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






49. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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