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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. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Narrative
Non -fiction
2. 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
Draft
Claim
Plagiarism
3. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Hero (tragic)
Synthesize
Cite
4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Non -fiction
Static
Nuances
5. Character pitted against protagonist
Falling action
Tone
Antagonist
Stereotype
6. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Symbolism
Delineate
Direct Quotation
Rising Action
7. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Alliteration
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Cross - curricular
Nuances
8. A system of scaffolds
Refrain
Scaffolding
Rhetoric
Flashback
9. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Theme
Atmosphere
Third person
10. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Conjunctive adverbs
Alliteration
Setting
Characterization (indirect and direct)
11. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Resolution
Conjunctive adverbs
Simile
Tragedy
12. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Motivation
Draft
Phrases
Atmosphere
13. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Resolution
Third Person Limited
Claim
Connotation
14. Assert or affirm strongly
Scaffolding
Inference
Claim
Third Person Limited
15. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Argument
Personification
Static
Resolution
16. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Pacing
Analyze
Rhetoric
First person
17. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Tone
Scaffolding
Conflict
Tragedy
18. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Climax
Conjunctive adverbs
Plot
Figurative language
19. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Parallel Structure
Stanza
Figurative language
Refrain
20. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Scaffolding
Dialogue
Pathos
Plagiarism
21. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Oxymoron
Repetition
Plagiarism
Dialogue
22. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme
Non -fiction
Conjunctive adverbs
Symbolism
23. The study of the sources and development of words
Subordinate
Socratic Seminar
Euphemism
Etymology
24. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Character
Personification
Mood
Parallel plots
25. Classifying people by their traits.
Summarize
Draft
Evaluate
Stereotype
26. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Repetition
Setting
Refrain
Scene
27. Crediting source within the paper.
Fiction
Argument
Fallacious reasoning
In -text citation
28. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Repetition
Clause
Subordinate
Parallel plots
29. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Rising Action
Internal Conflict
Third person
Draft
30. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Information
Simile
Phrases
Objective Summary
31. 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.
Narrative
Atmosphere
Flashback
Etymology
32. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Non -fiction
Internal Conflict
Motivation
Direct Quotation
33. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Oxymoron
Draft
Alliteration
Sensory language
34. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Summarize
Flat
Oxymoron
Mood
35. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Aside
Dialogue
Indirect
Direct
36. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Independent
Evaluate
Refrain
Character
37. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Character
Speaker
Synthesize
Setting
38. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.
Phrases
Syntax
Third Person Omniscient
Rhyme
39. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Character
Cross - curricular
Fiction
40. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Speaker
Complex
Plot
Figurative language
41. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Indirect
Euphemism
Information
42. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Flashback
Symbolism
Plagiarism
Tragedy
43. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Informative/explanatory text
Refrain
Plot
Analyze
44. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Subordinate
Tragedy
Etymology
Objective Summary
45. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.
Draft
Socratic Seminar
Cross - curricular
Inference
46. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Draft
Subordinate
Repetition
Rhetoric
47. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Compare and Contrast
Narrative
Plagiarism
Nuances
48. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Simile
Rising Action
Citation
Speaker
49. An idea that is implied or suggested
Transition
Cross - curricular
Cross - curricular
Connotation
50. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Citation
Draft
Plot
Textual evidence