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






2. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.






3. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






6. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party






7. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






9. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






10. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






12. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






19. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






21. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






22. Lacking stimulating characteristics






23. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






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






35. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






37. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Make a blueprint of






45. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






46. 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.






47. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






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






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






50. Tell how things are alike and different