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






2. 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.






3. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






5. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






6. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






7. Assert or affirm strongly






8. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






9. Showing little if any change






10. Showing little if any change






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






12. A system of scaffolds






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






14. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






15. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






17. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






18. Make a blueprint of






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






20. Main character in fiction or drama






21. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






22. Assert or affirm strongly






23. Character pitted against protagonist






24. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






25. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






26. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






27. 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.






28. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






29. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






30. The state of cohering or sticking together






31. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






32. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






34. Give the main point or idea






35. 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.






36. Crediting source within the paper.






37. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






38. Examine and judge carefully.






39. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






40. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






42. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






43. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






44. Lacking stimulating characteristics






45. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






46. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






47. Give the main point or idea






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






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






50. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source