Grade 9 English Vocab.

1. Rewrite the main points in your own words.
3. An object, which stands for a quality or idea. {e.g. A dove as a symbol for peace or a heart as a symbol for love.)
4. The main idea, moral or message of a text.
5. A group of sentences relating to a single idea or topic.
8. When human qualities are given to animals or objects.
10. A figure of speech that uses two normally contradictory terms. i.e. “Beautiful tyrant!”, “Jumbo shrimp”, or “Cold fire”.
11. A part of speech that is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
13. Presenting other people’s ideas and words as if they were your own.
15. Words at the top of an article that indicate the topic (much like a title).
16. Time, place, and circumstances that the story or event takes place. The environment in which the story takes place.
18. A part of speech, which tells what nouns can do, be a feel. Your action words in a sentence.
20. A part of speech that describes a noun.
22. The plan, skeleton, framework, sequence of events, or storyline. A series of actions that make up the story.
23. A part of speech, which describes or modifies verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. All adverbs end in “ly”.
24. The turning point of the plot. The moment of greatest action, when the action reaches it’s highest point.

2. The repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words. The repetition of the initial consonant sound in a series of words. It adds rhythm or emphasizes emotion (e.g., The menacing moonlight created mystery.)
6. The perspective from which events are seen, a story is told or an argument is made.
7. An over-exaggeration. i.e. My book bag weighs a ton.
9. The sound of a word resembles its meaning. {e.g. Snap, Crackle, Pop, Buzz, Hiss}
12. Language that appeals to the senses of touch, sight, taste, hearing, and smell. When the writer creates a vivid image of something by appealing to one of the reader’s senses.
14. A direct comparison. {The wind is a dancer.}Meter The pattern of rhythm in a line of poetry.
17. The position/opinion the writer is trying to defend.
19. A piece of writing that tells a story.
21. The struggle between opposing forces. The main problem faced by characters in the story.