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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
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Compare and Contrast
Complex
Third Person Omniscient
Direct Quotation
2. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Draft
Complex
Theme
Climax
3. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Objective Summary
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Resolution
Scene
4. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Evaluate
Nuances
Suspense
Stereotype
5. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Parallel plots
Round
Setting
6. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Citation
Character
Indirect
Suspense
7. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Compare and Contrast
Rhyme
Third Person Limited
Etymology
8. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Textual evidence
Onomatopoeia
Plot
9. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Fiction
Scene
Climax
Paraphrase
10. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Exposition
Personification
Motivation
11. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Onomatopoeia
Flashback
First person
Citation
12. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Conflict
Aside
Inference
13. A system of scaffolds
Symbolism
Scaffolding
Draft
Onomatopoeia
14. Crediting source within the paper.
Direct
Setting
In -text citation
Compare and Contrast
15. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Information
Argument
Socratic Seminar
Conjunctive adverbs
16. 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.
Parallel plots
Socratic Seminar
Artistic medium
Subordinate
17. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Suspense
Paraphrase
Onomatopoeia
Rhetoric
18. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Suspense
Socratic Seminar
Indirect
Imagery
19. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Atmosphere
Suspense
Setting
Counterclaim
20. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Fiction
Formal
Subordinate
Refrain
21. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Plagiarism
Act
Symbolism
Simile
22. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Repetition
Motivation
Euphemism
23. 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.
Indirect
Flashback
Phrases
Climax
24. A system of scaffolds
Complex
Cohesion
Independent
Scaffolding
25. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Cross - curricular
Informative/explanatory text
Atmosphere
Nuances
26. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Personification
Scaffolding
Climax
Refrain
27. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Draft
Independent
Paraphrase
Phrases
28. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Paraphrase
Compare and Contrast
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Nuances
29. 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.
Subordinate
Act
Flat
Third Person Omniscient
30. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Flashback
Symbolism
Counterclaim
31. Describe in vivid detail
Syntax
Cross - curricular
Delineate
Scaffolding
32. Classifying people by their traits.
Figurative language
Stereotype
Direct Quotation
Suspense
33. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Dialogue
Point of View
Stanza
Repetition
34. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Theme
Clause
Flat
35. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Third person
Character
Setting
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
36. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Antagonist
Soliloquy
Formal
Characterization (indirect and direct)
37. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Point of View
Refrain
Flat
Mood
38. Main character in fiction or drama
Scene
Clause
Protagonist
Artistic medium
39. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
First person
Mood
Cohesion
Figurative language
40. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Scaffolding
Fallacious reasoning
Transition
Atmosphere
41. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Analyze
Simile
Resolution
Alliteration
42. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Exposition
Motivation
Oxymoron
Direct
43. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Pathos
Atmosphere
Syntax
Parallel Structure
44. Main character in fiction or drama
Clause
Clause
Protagonist
Third Person Limited
45. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Internal Conflict
Textual evidence
Plagiarism
Transition
46. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Third person
Nuances
Argument
Scaffolding
47. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Summarize
Artistic medium
Pacing
Stanza
48. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Onomatopoeia
Cross - curricular
Plot
Scene
49. Make a blueprint of
Narrative
Independent
Cross - curricular
Draft
50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Euphemism
Draft
Repetition
Soliloquy