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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






2. Assert or affirm strongly






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






4. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






7. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






10. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






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






12. Examine and judge carefully.






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






14. 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






15. The study of the sources and development of words






16. 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.






17. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






19. Showing little if any change






20. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






22. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






23. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Crediting source within the paper.






28. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






30. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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






34. The state of cohering or sticking together






35. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






36. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






38. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






39. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






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






41. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






42. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






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






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






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






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






47. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






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







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