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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Round
Independent
Inference
Act
2. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Personification
Direct
Pathos
Artistic medium
3. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Rising Action
Informative/explanatory text
Internal Conflict
Cohesion
4. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Clause
Stereotype
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Nuances
5. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Conflict
Alliteration
Tone
Onomatopoeia
6. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Euphemism
Counterclaim
Textual evidence
7. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Setting
Paraphrase
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Third Person Limited
8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Paraphrase
Symbolism
Plot
Citation
9. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Point of View
Pathos
Third Person Limited
Theme
10. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Repetition
Information
Exposition
Plot
11. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Soliloquy
Protagonist
Summarize
First person
12. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
Complex
Scaffolding
Subordinate
13. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Sensory language
Fallacious reasoning
Cohesion
Parallel Structure
14. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Imagery
Point of View
Motivation
Soliloquy
15. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Informative/explanatory text
Symbolism
Cross - curricular
Tone
16. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Scaffolding
Pathos
Parallel plots
Repetition
17. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Parallel Structure
Stereotype
Cohesion
Climax
18. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Third Person Omniscient
Repetition
Stanza
Narrative
19. Main character in fiction or drama
Soliloquy
Third Person Omniscient
Summarize
Protagonist
20. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Information
Tragedy
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Round
21. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Sensory language
In -text citation
Delineate
Atmosphere
22. 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.
Third Person Limited
Aside
Complex
Counterclaim
23. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
First person
Theme
Subordinate
Socratic Seminar
24. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Plagiarism
Argument
Rhetoric
Stanza
25. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Simile
Stanza
Mood
Flashback
26. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Scene
Act
Fallacious reasoning
27. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Rhyme
Rising Action
Climax
Stanza
28. Showing little if any change
Symbolism
Static
Fiction
Tragedy
29. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Dialogue
Cross - curricular
Scaffolding
30. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Resolution
Climax
Antagonist
Rising Action
31. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Resolution
Speaker
Draft
Formal
32. A system of scaffolds
Scaffolding
Direct
Speaker
Textual evidence
33. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Information
Direct Quotation
Euphemism
Plagiarism
34. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Figurative language
Paraphrase
Suspense
Speaker
35. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Compare and Contrast
Oxymoron
Pacing
Climax
36. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Plot
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Compare and Contrast
37. The state of cohering or sticking together
Rising Action
Fallacious reasoning
First person
Cohesion
38. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Third person
Third Person Omniscient
Conflict
Character
39. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Symbolism
Conflict
Conjunctive adverbs
Plot
40. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Information
Resolution
Exposition
Flashback
41. Make a blueprint of
Formal
Third person
Draft
Clause
42. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Delineate
Scene
Narrative
Phrases
43. 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.
Mood
Aside
Hero (tragic)
Independent
44. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Cite
Sensory language
First person
45. Character pitted against protagonist
Symbolism
Antagonist
Resolution
Atmosphere
46. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Indirect
Pathos
Textual evidence
Connotation
47. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Suspense
Tragedy
First person
Round
48. Describe in vivid detail
Protagonist
Artistic medium
Antagonist
Delineate
49. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Synthesize
Conflict
Claim
Informative/explanatory text
50. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Aside
Informative/explanatory text
Syntax
Point of View