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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






2. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






8. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Crediting source within the paper.






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






23. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






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






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






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






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






28. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






29. To examine carefully; study closely






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






31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






32. The state of cohering or sticking together






33. Using language effectively to please or persuade






34. Make a blueprint of






35. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






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






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






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






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






40. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






41. The study of the sources and development of words






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






43. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






44. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






45. Classifying people by their traits.






46. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






48. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






49. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






50. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.







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