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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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1. Showing little if any change
Static
Inference
Connotation
Complex
2. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Synthesize
Rhetoric
Suspense
Fallacious reasoning
3. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Artistic medium
Character
Tone
Rising Action
4. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Dialogue
Counterclaim
Subordinate
Third Person Omniscient
5. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Speaker
Flat
Static
Formal
6. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Clause
Draft
Delineate
Phrases
7. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Connotation
Rhetoric
First person
Protagonist
8. 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
Symbolism
Third Person Limited
First person
9. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Euphemism
Subordinate
Fiction
10. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Protagonist
Mood
Third person
Refrain
11. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Connotation
Atmosphere
Non -fiction
Argument
12. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Rising Action
Formal
Mood
Refrain
13. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Alliteration
Exposition
Simile
Information
14. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Point of View
Syntax
Conflict
Pacing
15. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Personification
Resolution
Counterclaim
16. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Conflict
Formal
Act
17. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Transition
Pathos
Syntax
Motivation
18. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Oxymoron
Artistic medium
Resolution
Climax
19. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Mood
Fallacious reasoning
Personification
20. Make a blueprint of
Scene
Personification
Compare and Contrast
Draft
21. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Simile
Socratic Seminar
Symbolism
Transition
22. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Direct Quotation
Fallacious reasoning
Argument
23. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Antagonist
Theme
Compare and Contrast
Textual evidence
24. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Oxymoron
Rising Action
Direct Quotation
Syntax
25. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Round
Personification
Argument
Fiction
26. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Climax
Tragedy
Indirect
Repetition
27. Examine and judge carefully.
Tragedy
Evaluate
Delineate
Transition
28. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Socratic Seminar
Claim
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
29. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Internal Conflict
Inference
Mood
Objective Summary
30. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Antagonist
Rhetoric
Nuances
Suspense
31. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Inference
Complex
Evaluate
32. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Dialogue
Compare and Contrast
Direct
Static
33. A system of scaffolds
Parallel Structure
Scaffolding
Climax
In -text citation
34. Crediting source within the paper.
Round
In -text citation
Fiction
Climax
35. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Inference
Theme
Plagiarism
Complex
36. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Argument
Conjunctive adverbs
Formal
Independent
37. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Nuances
Setting
Argument
Euphemism
38. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Suspense
Claim
Textual evidence
Sensory language
39. Character pitted against protagonist
Tone
Antagonist
In -text citation
Personification
40. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Mood
Soliloquy
Tone
Draft
41. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Soliloquy
Euphemism
Synthesize
Textual evidence
42. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Character
Pathos
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Objective Summary
43. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Nuances
Suspense
Atmosphere
Argument
44. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Resolution
Plagiarism
Exposition
Informative/explanatory text
45. 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.
Onomatopoeia
Socratic Seminar
Setting
Indirect
46. 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.
Character
Point of View
Internal Conflict
Refrain
47. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Flashback
Symbolism
Transition
Information
48. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Fiction
Paraphrase
Pacing
49. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Rhetoric
Personification
Connotation
50. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Citation
Point of View
Protagonist