9th Grade English/Language Arts

Lori Weaver (United States of America)
30 Academic Words from 9th Grade English
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  1. allegory
    a short moral story
  2. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  3. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  4. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  5. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
  6. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  7. consonance
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  8. counterargument
    an opinion offered in opposition to another position
  9. dramatic
    characteristic of a stage performance
  10. dialogue
    a conversation between two persons
  11. figurative
    not literal
  12. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  13. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  14. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  15. meter
    a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
  16. monologue
    a dramatic speech by a single actor
  17. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  18. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  19. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  20. poetic
    of or relating to verse, or literature in metrical form
  21. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  22. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  23. prose
    ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  24. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  25. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  26. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  27. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  28. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  29. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  30. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  31. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  32. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  33. universal
    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
Created on Fri Dec 18 13:57:06 EST 2009 (updated Fri Apr 23 10:14:17 EDT 2010)

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