Test your basic knowledge |

Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Describe in vivid detail






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






3. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






6. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






7. Make a blueprint of






8. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






9. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






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






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






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






13. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Showing little if any change






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






22. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






24. 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.






25. Character pitted against protagonist






26. 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.






27. 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






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






29. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






31. Give the main point or idea






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






44. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






48. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






50. Rewording for the purpose of clarification