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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Main character in fiction or drama






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






5. The state of cohering or sticking together






6. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






8. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






10. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






14. 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.






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. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






19. Tell how things are alike and different






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






21. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






32. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






33. Make a blueprint of






34. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






44. Character pitted against protagonist






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






46. Describe in vivid detail






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






48. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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