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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. Classifying people by their traits.






2. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve






3. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






4. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






5. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






6. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






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






8. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






9. Describe in vivid detail






10. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






12. 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.






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






14. Using language effectively to please or persuade






15. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






16. The state of cohering or sticking together






17. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






18. Testimony that is presented word for word.






19. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






21. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






22. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






23. Assert or affirm strongly






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






25. The study of the sources and development of words






26. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






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






28. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






30. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






31. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






32. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






33. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






34. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






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






36. To examine carefully; study closely






37. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






38. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






39. Character pitted against protagonist






40. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






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






43. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






44. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






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






46. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






48. 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.






49. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






50. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people