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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. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






2. 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.






3. Describe in vivid detail






4. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






6. A system of scaffolds






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






8. The state of cohering or sticking together






9. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






10. 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.






11. The study of the sources and development of words






12. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






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






14. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






15. 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






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






17. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






18. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






20. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






21. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






23. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






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






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






26. Describe in vivid detail






27. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






28. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






30. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






31. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






32. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






35. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






36. Crediting source within the paper.






37. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






40. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






42. A system of scaffolds






43. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






44. 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.






45. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






46. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






47. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






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






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






50. Rewording for the purpose of clarification