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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Assert or affirm strongly






2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






4. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






5. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






6. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






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






8. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






11. Describe in vivid detail






12. Give the main point or idea






13. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






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






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






16. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






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






22. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






26. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






29. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






32. To examine carefully; study closely






33. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






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






35. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






36. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






40. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






43. Crediting source within the paper.






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






45. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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