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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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common-core
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Scaffolding
First person
Direct Quotation
Independent
2. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Etymology
Compare and Contrast
Conjunctive adverbs
3. Character pitted against protagonist
Static
Pathos
Static
Antagonist
4. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Symbolism
Aside
Flat
Delineate
5. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Third Person Limited
Conjunctive adverbs
Flashback
Simile
6. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Exposition
Compare and Contrast
Inference
Stereotype
7. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Protagonist
Direct Quotation
Clause
Exposition
8. Crediting source within the paper.
Protagonist
Third Person Limited
In -text citation
Setting
9. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Stanza
Cohesion
Rhetoric
10. 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.
Round
Parallel Structure
Indirect
Plagiarism
11. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Claim
Third Person Omniscient
Static
12. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Simile
Information
Mood
Third Person Omniscient
13. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Scene
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Simile
Pathos
14. Describe in vivid detail
Hero (tragic)
Simile
Direct Quotation
Delineate
15. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Imagery
Rhyme
Point of View
Synthesize
16. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Rising Action
Suspense
Sensory language
Conflict
17. Showing little if any change
Evaluate
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Phrases
Static
18. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Simile
Formal
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Information
19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Figurative language
Citation
Direct
20. Give the main point or idea
Phrases
Summarize
Clause
Personification
21. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Repetition
Clause
Parallel Structure
Symbolism
22. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Figurative language
Scene
Textual evidence
Third person
23. 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.
Etymology
Narrative
Delineate
Flashback
24. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Independent
Third person
Rising Action
Cohesion
25. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Non -fiction
Conjunctive adverbs
Protagonist
Tragedy
26. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Conjunctive adverbs
Resolution
Euphemism
Counterclaim
27. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Hero (tragic)
Aside
Flat
28. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Cohesion
Parallel Structure
Draft
Characterization (indirect and direct)
29. Tell how things are alike and different
Euphemism
Antagonist
Compare and Contrast
Pacing
30. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Cite
Independent
Delineate
Oxymoron
31. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Conjunctive adverbs
Objective Summary
Tragedy
Informative/explanatory text
32. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Personification
Alliteration
Independent
Argument
33. To examine carefully; study closely
Direct
Antagonist
Citation
Analyze
34. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Oxymoron
Connotation
Alliteration
Character
35. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Cohesion
Flat
Summarize
Socratic Seminar
36. 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.
Round
Aside
Stanza
Round
37. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
First person
Syntax
Non -fiction
38. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Cohesion
Plagiarism
Formal
Citation
39. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Hero (tragic)
Phrases
Claim
Euphemism
40. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
In -text citation
Setting
Formal
Climax
41. 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.
Resolution
Stanza
Static
Indirect
42. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Citation
Parallel plots
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Climax
43. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Personification
Nuances
Information
Narrative
44. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Fallacious reasoning
Complex
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Oxymoron
45. The state of cohering or sticking together
Fiction
Mood
Cross - curricular
Cohesion
46. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Evaluate
Paraphrase
Nuances
Dialogue
47. 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.
Repetition
Socratic Seminar
Euphemism
Fallacious reasoning
48. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Information
Climax
Tragedy
49. The study of the sources and development of words
Syntax
Internal Conflict
Etymology
Transition
50. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Stanza
Static
Figurative language
Character