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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






2. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






3. A system of scaffolds






4. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






5. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






6. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






7. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






8. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






9. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






10. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






11. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






12. Crediting source within the paper.






13. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






14. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






15. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






17. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






18. 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.






19. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






20. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






21. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






22. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






23. The study of the sources and development of words






24. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






25. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






26. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






27. 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.






28. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






29. Classifying people by their traits.






30. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






31. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






32. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






33. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






34. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






35. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






36. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






37. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






38. Testimony that is presented word for word.






39. Give the main point or idea






40. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






41. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






42. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






43. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






44. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






45. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






46. 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.






47. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






48. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






49. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






50. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling