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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






4. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






6. A system of scaffolds






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






8. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






9. Showing little if any change






10. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






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






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






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






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






15. Main character in fiction or drama






16. 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






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






18. Showing little if any change






19. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






30. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






32. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






34. 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.






35. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






36. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






37. 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.






38. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






42. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






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






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






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






46. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






50. Testimony that is presented word for word.