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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






4. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






7. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






11. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






15. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






19. Give the main point or idea






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






27. To examine carefully; study closely






28. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






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






45. Make a blueprint of






46. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






49. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






50. Give the main point or idea