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10th Grade Vocabulary Words

Tenth-grade reading asks learners to move confidently among literary analysis, argument, source evaluation, laboratory science, mathematics, computing, history, economics, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. This level emphasizes precise academic language, disciplinary meanings, connotation, word relationships, and the ability to interpret unfamiliar vocabulary in demanding context.

This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty-three pages of up to thirty-five words. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions drawn only from that enhanced range; words 501–800 remain fully visible and editable as list pages while expanded practice is developed. Every row includes an editable subject-field label and a conservative word-study note about transparent affixes, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base forms. The cited sources calibrate range and difficulty only; all learner-facing definitions, examples, quizzes, and descriptions are original KSSR copy.

Please note: the vocabulary lists for grades 9~11 have been selected to ensure no overlap with the previous grade level. If the words are too specialized or difficult for you, please go back to grade levels 4~8 and review the words on those pages.

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Words 141–175 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
141	minor premise	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: minor + premise. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the specific statement that connects a case to a syllogism's general rule	“A dolphin is a mammal” serves as the minor premise.
142	logical fallacy	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: logical + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an error in reasoning that weakens or invalidates an argument	Treating popularity as proof of truth is a logical fallacy.
143	ad hominem	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: ad + hominem. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a fallacy that attacks a person instead of addressing the person's argument	Calling the scientist arrogant is an ad hominem response to her evidence.
144	straw man	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: straw + man. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a fallacy that misrepresents an opposing position so it is easier to attack	The speaker creates a straw man by claiming that any safety rule would ban all travel.
145	slippery slope	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: slippery + slope. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a fallacy asserting without adequate support that one step will trigger an extreme chain of events	The slippery slope predicts that one revised deadline will eliminate all standards.
146	circular reasoning	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: circular + reasoning. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reasoning that uses its conclusion as support for itself	“The rule is fair because it is a fair rule” is circular reasoning.
147	post hoc fallacy	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: post + hoc + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a fallacy that assumes an earlier event caused a later one merely because of sequence	Blaming a new logo for falling sales commits the post hoc fallacy.
148	appeal to authority	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: appeal + to + authority. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	reliance on a person's status as proof when relevant evidence or expertise is missing	A celebrity's opinion about bridge safety is an appeal to authority.
149	bandwagon fallacy	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: bandwagon + fallacy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a fallacy claiming that an idea is true or good because many people accept it	The advertisement's bandwagon fallacy says the product must work because millions bought it.
150	red herring	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: red + herring. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	an irrelevant issue introduced to distract attention from the actual question	The candidate's joke about uniforms is a red herring in a debate about school funding.
151	equivocation	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ation commonly forms a noun naming an action, process, or result.	misleading reasoning that shifts between different meanings of the same word	The argument uses equivocation by moving from a free sample to political freedom.
152	standard English	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: standard + English. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the widely recognized conventions used in formal English communication	The final report follows standard English while preserving quoted dialect.
153	semantic shift	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: semantic + shift. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a historical change in a word's meaning	The movement from “meat” meaning food generally to animal flesh is a semantic shift.
154	polysemy	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: polysemy is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the presence of several related meanings within one word	The word branch shows polysemy in a tree branch, a bank branch, and a branch of science.
155	free morpheme	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: free + morpheme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a morpheme that can stand alone as a word	Book is a free morpheme in the word notebook.
156	bound morpheme	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: bound + morpheme. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a morpheme that must attach to another form	The prefix re is a bound morpheme in rewrite.
157	derivational morphology	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: derivational + morphology. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	word formation that creates a new word or changes grammatical category	Derivational morphology changes teach into teacher.
158	inflectional morphology	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: inflectional + morphology. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	word modification that marks grammar without creating a new dictionary headword	Inflectional morphology adds ed to walk to mark past time.
159	anagnorisis	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: anagnorisis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a moment in drama when a character makes a crucial discovery about identity or circumstances	Oedipus reaches anagnorisis when he understands the truth about his birth.
160	stance marker	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: stance + marker. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a word or phrase through which a writer signals certainty, doubt, evaluation, or personal position	The phrase in my view is a stance marker that openly identifies the writer's perspective.
161	hamartia	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: hamartia is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	an error in judgment or character tendency that contributes to a tragic protagonist's downfall	The king's refusal to listen becomes his hamartia.
162	dramatic structure	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: dramatic + structure. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	the organized sequence of exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution in a play	The playwright's dramatic structure delays the confrontation until the final act.
163	metadiscourse	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: metadiscourse is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	language that guides readers through a text or shows how a writer relates to the audience and claims	The phrase as the next section demonstrates is metadiscourse that previews the argument's organization.
164	interdiscursivity	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	the mixing of conventions, voices, or language from different kinds of discourse within one text	A campaign video shows interdiscursivity by combining news reporting, personal testimony, and advertising.
165	genre convention	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: genre + convention. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a recurring expectation about form, content, style, or structure within a recognized kind of text	The detective novel follows a genre convention by withholding one crucial clue until the final chapter.
166	fragmented narrative	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: fragmented + narrative. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a story presented in discontinuous pieces that readers must connect	The fragmented narrative moves among memories, interviews, and newspaper clippings.
167	authorial intrusion	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: authorial + intrusion. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a moment when a narrator openly comments on the story or directly addresses the reader	The narrator's warning to judge no character too quickly is an authorial intrusion.
168	zero focalization	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: zero + focalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	a narrative perspective in which the narrator knows more than any single character	Zero focalization allows the novel to reveal both armies' secret plans.
169	internal focalization	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: internal + focalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	presentation of events through the perceptions and knowledge of a particular character	Internal focalization limits the scene to what Amara sees and understands.
170	external focalization	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Term structure: external + focalization. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	presentation limited to observable behavior without access to characters' inner thoughts	External focalization makes the stranger's motives remain uncertain.
171	prolepsis	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: prolepsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a narrative move that jumps ahead to an event later than the current point in the story	A brief prolepsis shows the abandoned house twenty years after the family leaves.
172	analepsis	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: analepsis is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	a narrative move that returns to an event earlier than the current point in the story	The survivor's childhood memory appears through analepsis.
173	fabula	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: fabula is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the chronological chain of events underlying a narrative regardless of the order in which they are told	Readers reconstruct the fabula by placing the novel's scattered scenes in time order.
174	syuzhet	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Base-form focus: syuzhet is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	the arrangement and presentation of narrative events in the order readers encounter them	The syuzhet begins with the verdict and reveals the crime afterward.
175	defamiliarization	noun Study Field: Grade 10 literature, rhetoric, and language term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	an artistic technique that makes an ordinary object or action seem strange so it can be perceived anew	Describing a clock as a machine that slices time creates defamiliarization.

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1. The final report follows ___ while preserving quoted dialect.

Answer: standard English

2. The detective novel follows a ___ by withholding one crucial clue until the final chapter.

Answer: genre convention

3. The movement from “meat” meaning food generally to animal flesh is a ___.

Answer: semantic shift

4. The ___ moves among memories, interviews, and newspaper clippings.

Answer: fragmented narrative

5. “A dolphin is a mammal” serves as the ___.

Answer: minor premise

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