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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






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






4. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






10. Classifying people by their traits.






11. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






14. An idea that is implied or suggested






15. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






17. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






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






20. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






28. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






30. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






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






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






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






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






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






36. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






37. Describe in vivid detail






38. Assert or affirm strongly






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






40. Examine and judge carefully.






41. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






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






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






46. To examine carefully; study closely






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






48. Character pitted against protagonist






49. Lacking stimulating characteristics






50. An idea that is implied or suggested