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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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






2. An idea that is implied or suggested






3. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






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






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






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






9. Describe in vivid detail






10. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






11. Make a blueprint of






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






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






14. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






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






16. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






30. A system of scaffolds






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






32. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






33. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






38. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






39. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






40. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






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






43. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






46. Describe in vivid detail






47. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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