Common Core Key Vocabulary 7th Grade

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Common core vocabulary for ELA
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  1. active voice
    when the subject of a sentence performs the action
  2. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  3. argument
    a discussion for and against some proposition or proposal
  4. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
  5. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
  6. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
  7. cite
    make reference to
  8. claim
    an assertion that something is true or factual
  9. clause
    an expression including a subject and predicate
  10. compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of
  11. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  12. credible
    capable of being believed
  13. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  14. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  15. figurative
    not literal
  16. genre
    a style of expressing yourself in writing
  17. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  18. inference
    drawing a conclusion on the basis of circumstantial evidence
  19. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  20. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  21. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  22. passive voice
    when the subject of a sentence is a recipient of the action
  23. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
  24. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
    uses "like" or "as"
  25. plagiarism
    a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else
  26. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  27. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  28. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  29. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
Created on Fri Oct 11 17:04:36 EDT 2013

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