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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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1. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Pacing
Syntax
Plot
2. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Personification
Third Person Limited
Symbolism
3. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Etymology
Rhetoric
Plagiarism
Compare and Contrast
4. 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
Suspense
Plot
Sensory language
5. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Antagonist
Climax
Plot
Resolution
6. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Dialogue
Tragedy
Summarize
Pacing
7. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
First person
Soliloquy
Tragedy
Rhetoric
8. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Citation
In -text citation
Round
9. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Climax
Citation
Figurative language
Compare and Contrast
10. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Transition
Phrases
Conjunctive adverbs
Personification
11. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Plagiarism
Subordinate
Fiction
Phrases
12. Classifying people by their traits.
Third Person Limited
Stereotype
Antagonist
Aside
13. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Soliloquy
Scaffolding
Euphemism
Point of View
14. 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.
Resolution
Pathos
Internal Conflict
Exposition
15. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Informative/explanatory text
Parallel plots
Symbolism
Claim
16. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Internal Conflict
Resolution
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Socratic Seminar
17. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Cohesion
Personification
Flat
Paraphrase
18. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Cite
Phrases
Textual evidence
Cross - curricular
19. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Nuances
Rhetoric
Figurative language
Formal
20. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Formal
Stanza
Transition
21. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Rhyme
Narrative
Protagonist
22. A system of scaffolds
Direct
Hero (tragic)
Scaffolding
Resolution
23. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Plot
Figurative language
Euphemism
Direct Quotation
24. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Rhyme
Third Person Limited
Mood
25. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Theme
Parallel plots
Dialogue
Act
26. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Summarize
Plagiarism
Imagery
Information
27. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Conjunctive adverbs
Independent
Static
Point of View
28. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Alliteration
Syntax
Symbolism
Non -fiction
29. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Cohesion
Draft
Theme
30. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Simile
Phrases
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Characterization (indirect and direct)
31. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Third person
Independent
Aside
32. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Personification
Connotation
Symbolism
Objective Summary
33. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Act
Stanza
Flashback
Third Person Omniscient
34. 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.
Flashback
Socratic Seminar
Etymology
Direct
35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Mood
Scene
Syntax
Pacing
36. Showing little if any change
Static
Clause
Etymology
Onomatopoeia
37. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Atmosphere
Flat
Complex
38. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Argument
Euphemism
Dialogue
Narrative
39. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Aside
Hero (tragic)
Indirect
40. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Paraphrase
Tragedy
Round
Rhyme
41. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Hero (tragic)
Act
Delineate
42. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Counterclaim
Conflict
Indirect
Artistic medium
43. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct Quotation
Refrain
Direct
Informative/explanatory text
44. Assert or affirm strongly
Information
Claim
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Socratic Seminar
45. Tell how things are alike and different
Third Person Omniscient
Compare and Contrast
Citation
Complex
46. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Scene
Objective Summary
Theme
47. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Onomatopoeia
Complex
Parallel plots
Summarize
48. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Conjunctive adverbs
Imagery
Clause
Cohesion
49. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Complex
Subordinate
Formal
Characterization (indirect and direct)
50. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Stereotype
Third Person Limited
Alliteration
Euphemism