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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






2. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






4. 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.






5. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






6. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






9. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






10. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






11. Using language effectively to please or persuade






12. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






13. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






14. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






15. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






16. The state of cohering or sticking together






17. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






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






19. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






21. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






22. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.






23. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






24. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






27. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






28. A system of scaffolds






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






30. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






31. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






32. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






33. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






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






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






36. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






38. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






39. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






40. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






41. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






42. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






44. An idea that is implied or suggested






45. The state of cohering or sticking together






46. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






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






48. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






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






50. 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.