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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






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






5. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






10. Crediting source within the paper.






11. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






13. 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.






14. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






18. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






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






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






21. The state of cohering or sticking together






22. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






23. Crediting source within the paper.






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






25. Make a blueprint of






26. Classifying people by their traits.






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






28. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






30. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






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






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






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






34. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






36. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






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






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






42. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






43. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






48. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






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