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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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1. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






2. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






11. Assert or affirm strongly






12. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






17. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






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






19. Examine and judge carefully.






20. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






21. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






22. An idea that is implied or suggested






23. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






25. Classifying people by their traits.






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






27. Crediting source within the paper.






28. The state of cohering or sticking together






29. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






31. Classifying people by their traits.






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






33. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






36. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






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