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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






7. Make a blueprint of






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






9. 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.






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






11. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






14. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.






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






16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






19. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






20. Describe in vivid detail






21. Showing little if any change






22. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






25. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






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






30. To examine carefully; study closely






31. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






34. The state of cohering or sticking together






35. 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.






36. Describe in vivid detail






37. Using language effectively to please or persuade






38. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






39. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






43. Testimony that is presented word for word.






44. Crediting source within the paper.






45. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






47. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






48. 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.






49. 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.






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