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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. Assert or affirm strongly






3. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






4. 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.






5. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






8. Classifying people by their traits.






9. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






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






12. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.






13. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






15. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






16. Tell how things are alike and different






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






18. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






19. 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.






20. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






23. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






24. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






33. Crediting source within the paper.






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






35. The state of cohering or sticking together






36. Tell how things are alike and different






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






38. Examine and judge carefully.






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






40. Give the main point or idea






41. Classifying people by their traits.






42. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






44. Give the main point or idea






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






46. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






49. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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