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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






3. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






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






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






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






8. The study of the sources and development of words






9. Assert or affirm strongly






10. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






11. Examine and judge carefully.






12. The study of the sources and development of words






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






14. Showing little if any change






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






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






17. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






21. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






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