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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. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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. 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.






6. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






7. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






10. Character pitted against protagonist






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






12. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






14. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






17. Assert or affirm strongly






18. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






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






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






24. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






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






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






27. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






28. Examine and judge carefully.






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






30. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






31. Showing little if any change






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






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






34. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






35. To examine carefully; study closely






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






37. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






39. Make a blueprint of






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






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






42. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






43. An idea that is implied or suggested






44. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






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






47. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






48. 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.






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






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