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






2. Give the main point or idea






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






4. Using language effectively to please or persuade






5. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






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






9. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






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






11. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






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






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






14. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






19. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






20. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






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






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






23. Character pitted against protagonist






24. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






25. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






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






28. 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






29. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






30. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






37. Assert or affirm strongly






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






39. Using language effectively to please or persuade






40. 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.






41. A system of scaffolds






42. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






44. Give the main point or idea






45. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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