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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. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Draft
Objective Summary
Falling action
Internal Conflict
2. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Fiction
Alliteration
Flashback
Cross - curricular
3. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Cite
Onomatopoeia
Dialogue
Clause
4. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Direct Quotation
Stereotype
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Tragedy
5. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Inference
Rhetoric
Subordinate
Stanza
6. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third person
Mood
Third Person Limited
Draft
7. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Protagonist
Stereotype
Nuances
8. Assert or affirm strongly
Evaluate
Claim
Euphemism
Suspense
9. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Conjunctive adverbs
Stereotype
Conjunctive adverbs
10. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Character
Flat
Third person
11. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Connotation
Parallel Structure
Socratic Seminar
Inference
12. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Clause
Alliteration
Plagiarism
Third Person Limited
13. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Scaffolding
Claim
Fallacious reasoning
Direct Quotation
14. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
First person
Nuances
In -text citation
Falling action
15. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Paraphrase
Objective Summary
Suspense
16. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Act
Theme
Narrative
17. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Independent
Narrative
Synthesize
Compare and Contrast
18. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Third person
Fiction
Connotation
19. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Flat
Flashback
Parallel plots
Plot
20. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Rhetoric
Draft
Plagiarism
Conjunctive adverbs
21. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Textual evidence
Exposition
Delineate
Character
22. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Plot
Cross - curricular
Aside
Symbolism
23. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Third Person Limited
Third person
Draft
Synthesize
24. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Symbolism
Conflict
First person
Characterization (indirect and direct)
25. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Falling action
Internal Conflict
Refrain
Flashback
26. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Theme
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Figurative language
27. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Motivation
Textual evidence
Parallel Structure
Synthesize
28. Examine and judge carefully.
Act
Theme
Flashback
Evaluate
29. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Plagiarism
Counterclaim
Falling action
Rhyme
30. To examine carefully; study closely
Syntax
Analyze
Rhyme
Refrain
31. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Hero (tragic)
Suspense
Compare and Contrast
32. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Aside
Inference
Paraphrase
Round
33. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Euphemism
Refrain
Paraphrase
Exposition
34. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Artistic medium
Tone
Cross - curricular
Subordinate
35. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Compare and Contrast
Nuances
Speaker
36. 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.
Connotation
Socratic Seminar
Onomatopoeia
Narrative
37. Classifying people by their traits.
Third person
Refrain
Aside
Stereotype
38. Tell how things are alike and different
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Independent
Compare and Contrast
Textual evidence
39. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Oxymoron
Cite
Objective Summary
In -text citation
40. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Alliteration
Direct
Symbolism
41. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Analyze
Climax
Third Person Limited
Narrative
42. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Conjunctive adverbs
Cross - curricular
Conflict
43. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Syntax
Rhetoric
Setting
Fallacious reasoning
44. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Tone
Round
Summarize
45. The state of cohering or sticking together
Aside
Counterclaim
Cohesion
Fiction
46. To examine carefully; study closely
Summarize
Analyze
Point of View
Figurative language
47. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Paraphrase
Falling action
Mood
Oxymoron
48. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Resolution
Rhyme
Personification
Claim
49. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
First person
Artistic medium
Oxymoron
Connotation
50. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Soliloquy
Personification
Motivation
Falling action