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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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1. The state of cohering or sticking together
Antagonist
Objective Summary
Cohesion
Cross - curricular
2. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Argument
Textual evidence
Draft
Syntax
3. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Subordinate
Clause
Pathos
Draft
4. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Third Person Omniscient
Speaker
First person
Falling action
5. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Summarize
Stereotype
Clause
Fiction
6. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Static
Falling action
Complex
Antagonist
7. Showing little if any change
Syntax
Symbolism
Static
Draft
8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Static
Imagery
Claim
Citation
9. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Climax
Objective Summary
Transition
Simile
10. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Euphemism
Fiction
Pathos
Inference
11. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Internal Conflict
Third person
Setting
12. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Inference
Pathos
Static
13. Classifying people by their traits.
Imagery
Draft
Stereotype
Argument
14. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Figurative language
Point of View
Sensory language
Plot
15. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Euphemism
Claim
Exposition
16. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Parallel Structure
Mood
Figurative language
17. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
First person
Figurative language
In -text citation
Resolution
18. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Stereotype
Textual evidence
Tone
Dialogue
19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Etymology
Repetition
Inference
Cross - curricular
20. The study of the sources and development of words
Non -fiction
Etymology
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
21. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Indirect
Fiction
Third person
Clause
22. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Mood
Alliteration
Third Person Limited
Hero (tragic)
23. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Phrases
Cite
Summarize
24. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Summarize
Symbolism
Independent
Euphemism
25. Describe in vivid detail
Complex
Information
Delineate
Plagiarism
26. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Scaffolding
Theme
Third Person Limited
27. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Syntax
Draft
Non -fiction
Direct Quotation
28. 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.
Euphemism
In -text citation
Speaker
Internal Conflict
29. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Protagonist
Figurative language
Soliloquy
30. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Sensory language
Summarize
Artistic medium
First person
31. 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.
Direct
Figurative language
Non -fiction
Aside
32. To examine carefully; study closely
Mood
Static
Analyze
Character
33. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
In -text citation
Paraphrase
Personification
Characterization (indirect and direct)
34. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Setting
Rising Action
Analyze
Cross - curricular
35. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Indirect
Refrain
Nuances
Socratic Seminar
36. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Conflict
Suspense
Indirect
37. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Compare and Contrast
Synthesize
In -text citation
Information
38. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Transition
Falling action
Flat
39. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Conflict
Theme
Parallel plots
Subordinate
40. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Compare and Contrast
Clause
Antagonist
Draft
41. Classifying people by their traits.
Antagonist
Stereotype
Direct
Claim
42. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Textual evidence
Informative/explanatory text
Third Person Limited
Subordinate
43. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Draft
Soliloquy
Draft
Static
44. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Exposition
Draft
Antagonist
Analyze
45. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Connotation
Hero (tragic)
Setting
Nuances
46. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Dialogue
Stereotype
Simile
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
47. 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.
Evaluate
Mood
Citation
Internal Conflict
48. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Delineate
Tragedy
Dialogue
Cross - curricular
49. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Scene
Scaffolding
Atmosphere
Delineate
50. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Setting
Claim
Symbolism