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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






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






3. Examine and judge carefully.






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






5. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






6. Using language effectively to please or persuade






7. Showing little if any change






8. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






9. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






15. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






16. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






26. Testimony that is presented word for word.






27. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






31. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






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






33. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






34. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






35. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






37. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






38. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






50. Main character in fiction or drama