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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Classifying people by their traits.






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






3. Assert or affirm strongly






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






5. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






8. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






10. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






12. 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.






13. Main character in fiction or drama






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






15. 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.






16. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






18. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Testimony that is presented word for word.






25. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






28. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






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






34. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






35. Make a blueprint of






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






37. 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.






38. Crediting source within the paper.






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






40. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






41. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






43. To examine carefully; study closely






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






45. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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