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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
Scaffolding
Direct
Rising Action
Complex
2. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Fiction
Round
Clause
Soliloquy
3. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Scaffolding
Alliteration
Objective Summary
Euphemism
4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Cohesion
Artistic medium
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Exposition
5. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Setting
Draft
Flat
Third person
6. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Act
Indirect
Atmosphere
Rhyme
7. 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.
Independent
Falling action
Indirect
Simile
8. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Citation
Draft
Cite
Fiction
9. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Syntax
Indirect
Independent
Speaker
10. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Independent
Objective Summary
Non -fiction
Rhyme
11. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Analyze
Conflict
Rhetoric
12. 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.
Evaluate
Citation
Character
Socratic Seminar
13. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Resolution
Plagiarism
Tone
Refrain
14. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Objective Summary
Personification
Cite
15. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Argument
Compare and Contrast
Rhyme
16. Showing little if any change
Suspense
Static
Etymology
Parallel plots
17. Crediting source within the paper.
Character
Sensory language
In -text citation
Dialogue
18. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Plagiarism
Connotation
Onomatopoeia
19. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Simile
Flat
Cohesion
Exposition
20. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Symbolism
Nuances
Protagonist
Transition
21. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Third Person Omniscient
Fallacious reasoning
Cite
Symbolism
22. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Exposition
Formal
Objective Summary
Direct
23. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Onomatopoeia
Refrain
Antagonist
Socratic Seminar
24. 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
Oxymoron
Hero (tragic)
Citation
Static
25. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Euphemism
Syntax
Personification
Symbolism
26. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Conjunctive adverbs
Transition
Phrases
Draft
27. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Counterclaim
Theme
Motivation
28. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Independent
Speaker
Fiction
Oxymoron
29. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Alliteration
Antagonist
Connotation
Draft
30. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Third Person Limited
Inference
Conjunctive adverbs
Delineate
31. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Rhyme
Formal
Repetition
Socratic Seminar
32. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Informative/explanatory text
Rhetoric
Information
33. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Character
Analyze
Formal
Theme
34. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Direct
Soliloquy
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Cross - curricular
35. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Repetition
Third person
In -text citation
Falling action
36. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Artistic medium
Nuances
Scene
Third Person Limited
37. Classifying people by their traits.
Textual evidence
Syntax
Indirect
Stereotype
38. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Sensory language
Fiction
Independent
Pathos
39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Internal Conflict
Repetition
Cross - curricular
Theme
40. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Subordinate
Clause
Etymology
41. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Etymology
Connotation
Independent
42. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Independent
Imagery
Internal Conflict
Rising Action
43. Showing little if any change
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Direct Quotation
Static
Fiction
44. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Refrain
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Citation
Motivation
45. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Summarize
Falling action
Scene
Aside
46. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Climax
Complex
Rising Action
47. Character pitted against protagonist
Textual evidence
Antagonist
Draft
Plagiarism
48. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Pathos
Personification
Summarize
Resolution
49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Independent
Conjunctive adverbs
Synthesize
Indirect
50. 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.
Argument
Socratic Seminar
Third Person Omniscient
Cross - curricular