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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. Using language effectively to please or persuade






2. To examine carefully; study closely






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






4. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






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






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






9. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






10. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






13. Character pitted against protagonist






14. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






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






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






17. Lacking stimulating characteristics






18. Classifying people by their traits.






19. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






22. Examine and judge carefully.






23. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






27. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






30. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






32. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






34. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






37. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






38. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






42. An idea that is implied or suggested






43. 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.






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






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






46. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






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






48. Showing little if any change






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






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