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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. 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
Rhyme
Parallel Structure
Plagiarism
2. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Third Person Omniscient
Delineate
Connotation
Point of View
3. 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.
Third Person Omniscient
Static
Cite
Indirect
4. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Transition
Narrative
Pathos
5. The study of the sources and development of words
Sensory language
Etymology
Indirect
Hero (tragic)
6. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Citation
Personification
Repetition
Flat
7. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Tragedy
Atmosphere
Draft
First person
8. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Alliteration
Pacing
Oxymoron
Direct Quotation
9. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Mood
Paraphrase
Phrases
Third Person Omniscient
10. Character pitted against protagonist
Socratic Seminar
In -text citation
Antagonist
Conflict
11. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Objective Summary
Resolution
Soliloquy
Conflict
12. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Climax
Tragedy
Conflict
Pathos
13. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Cohesion
Setting
Cross - curricular
Atmosphere
14. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Indirect
Plot
Synthesize
Nuances
15. Crediting source within the paper.
Third Person Omniscient
In -text citation
Narrative
Counterclaim
16. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Internal Conflict
Argument
Third Person Omniscient
17. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Syntax
Independent
Third person
Non -fiction
18. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Synthesize
Symbolism
Dialogue
Informative/explanatory text
19. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Flashback
Mood
Direct Quotation
Refrain
20. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Information
Pacing
Figurative language
Syntax
21. 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.
Stanza
Oxymoron
Symbolism
Internal Conflict
22. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Analyze
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Tone
Symbolism
23. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Imagery
Repetition
Objective Summary
Rising Action
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
Independent
Antagonist
Claim
Hero (tragic)
25. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Symbolism
Pathos
Falling action
26. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Flat
Third Person Omniscient
Sensory language
Conjunctive adverbs
27. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Parallel Structure
Suspense
Soliloquy
Repetition
28. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Paraphrase
Nuances
Falling action
Direct
29. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Counterclaim
Informative/explanatory text
In -text citation
Rhetoric
30. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Syntax
Round
Simile
Mood
31. Crediting source within the paper.
Mood
Complex
In -text citation
Third person
32. 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.
Onomatopoeia
Scene
Evaluate
Aside
33. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Act
Complex
Formal
Internal Conflict
34. Examine and judge carefully.
Flat
First person
Tone
Evaluate
35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Flashback
Inference
36. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Figurative language
In -text citation
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Etymology
37. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Direct Quotation
Fiction
Objective Summary
38. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Pathos
Syntax
Compare and Contrast
39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Claim
Cross - curricular
Tone
Rhyme
40. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Refrain
Dialogue
Conflict
Round
41. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Parallel Structure
Direct
Third person
Round
42. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Sensory language
Character
Plot
Motivation
43. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Textual evidence
Rhetoric
Third person
Motivation
44. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Citation
Rising Action
Draft
Argument
45. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Rhetoric
Counterclaim
Character
Round
46. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Draft
Compare and Contrast
Figurative language
47. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Speaker
Independent
Formal
Atmosphere
48. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Objective Summary
Claim
Scene
Pacing
49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Soliloquy
Conjunctive adverbs
Syntax
Direct
50. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Third Person Omniscient
First person
Cite
Draft