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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A system of scaffolds






2. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






4. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






5. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






8. 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






9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






12. 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.






13. Lacking stimulating characteristics






14. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






19. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






23. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






24. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






27. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






29. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






31. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






33. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






35. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






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






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






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






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






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






41. Give the main point or idea






42. The study of the sources and development of words






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






44. Describe in vivid detail






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






46. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






48. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






50. Character pitted against protagonist