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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. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Rhetoric
Plot
Textual evidence
2. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
In -text citation
Summarize
Onomatopoeia
3. Make a blueprint of
Exposition
Draft
Symbolism
Syntax
4. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Draft
Independent
Repetition
Textual evidence
5. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Exposition
Etymology
Stereotype
6. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Counterclaim
Rhyme
Narrative
Pathos
7. 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.
Mood
Flashback
Analyze
Euphemism
8. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Paraphrase
Stereotype
Pathos
9. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Figurative language
Falling action
Tragedy
Antagonist
10. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Soliloquy
Transition
Symbolism
Synthesize
11. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Third Person Limited
Pacing
Conflict
Figurative language
12. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Clause
Round
Protagonist
Speaker
13. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Counterclaim
Repetition
Tragedy
Fiction
14. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Conflict
Atmosphere
Formal
15. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Artistic medium
Imagery
Citation
Symbolism
16. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Flashback
Mood
Symbolism
17. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Plagiarism
Conflict
Mood
Flat
18. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Analyze
Flat
Rhetoric
Cite
19. Give the main point or idea
Flat
Etymology
Summarize
Refrain
20. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Repetition
Symbolism
Setting
Third person
21. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Conjunctive adverbs
Pacing
Flashback
Resolution
22. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Information
Imagery
Syntax
23. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Alliteration
Parallel Structure
Plagiarism
Synthesize
24. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Claim
Alliteration
Clause
25. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Resolution
Subordinate
Independent
Euphemism
26. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Conflict
Formal
Antagonist
Imagery
27. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Tragedy
Suspense
Inference
Personification
28. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Parallel plots
Draft
Paraphrase
29. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Rhyme
Draft
In -text citation
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
30. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Mood
Climax
Objective Summary
Antagonist
31. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Inference
Symbolism
In -text citation
Pathos
32. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Rising Action
Transition
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Exposition
33. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Point of View
Tone
Information
Syntax
34. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Soliloquy
Resolution
Refrain
Delineate
35. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Resolution
Soliloquy
Plot
Protagonist
36. Give the main point or idea
Stereotype
Summarize
Speaker
Setting
37. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Formal
Hero (tragic)
Stanza
Complex
38. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Synthesize
Rhetoric
Delineate
Nuances
39. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Third Person Omniscient
Symbolism
Pathos
Information
40. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Symbolism
Claim
Plagiarism
Euphemism
41. Showing little if any change
Static
Draft
Claim
First person
42. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Falling action
Static
Climax
43. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Scene
Symbolism
Connotation
Plagiarism
44. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
Hero (tragic)
Parallel plots
Alliteration
45. Tell how things are alike and different
Round
Falling action
Compare and Contrast
Cross - curricular
46. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Cite
Rhyme
Sensory language
Informative/explanatory text
47. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Draft
Etymology
Stanza
Rhyme
48. 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.
Scaffolding
Aside
Rhetoric
Direct
49. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Independent
Tragedy
Stanza
Mood
50. Crediting source within the paper.
Mood
Pathos
Cohesion
In -text citation