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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






10. Give the main point or idea






11. Testimony that is presented word for word.






12. Showing little if any change






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






14. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






15. Lacking stimulating characteristics






16. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






21. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






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






23. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






26. Describe in vivid detail






27. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






28. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






32. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






35. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






36. 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.






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






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






39. Examine and judge carefully.






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






41. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






47. Examine and judge carefully.






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






49. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






50. Rewording for the purpose of clarification







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