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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Tell how things are alike and different






2. To examine carefully; study closely






3. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






6. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






8. A system of scaffolds






9. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






12. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






13. 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.






14. Testimony that is presented word for word.






15. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






18. Make a blueprint of






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






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






21. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






22. 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






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






24. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






25. Crediting source within the paper.






26. Testimony that is presented word for word.






27. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






31. Describe in vivid detail






32. Character pitted against protagonist






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. The state of cohering or sticking together






40. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






43. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






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






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






46. Crediting source within the paper.






47. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






48. Showing little if any change






49. The state of cohering or sticking together






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







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