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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. The study of the sources and development of words






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






11. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






12. Crediting source within the paper.






13. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






15. Classifying people by their traits.






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A system of scaffolds






26. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






27. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






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






32. Give the main point or idea






33. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






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






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






36. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






39. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






40. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






41. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






45. Assert or affirm strongly






46. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






49. Main character in fiction or drama






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