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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Point of View
Delineate
Indirect
Dialogue
2. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Exposition
Setting
Direct Quotation
Conjunctive adverbs
3. Give the main point or idea
Plot
Argument
Summarize
Symbolism
4. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Textual evidence
Direct Quotation
5. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Argument
Parallel plots
Simile
Etymology
6. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
In -text citation
Non -fiction
Symbolism
Mood
7. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Mood
Objective Summary
Delineate
8. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Flat
Personification
Argument
Third person
9. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Subordinate
Cite
Repetition
Clause
10. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Act
Suspense
Fallacious reasoning
Cross - curricular
11. Classifying people by their traits.
Analyze
Phrases
Fiction
Stereotype
12. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Objective Summary
Flashback
First person
13. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.
Parallel plots
Internal Conflict
Textual evidence
Socratic Seminar
14. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Act
Delineate
Subordinate
Euphemism
15. Examine and judge carefully.
Third Person Limited
Evaluate
Formal
Symbolism
16. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Conjunctive adverbs
Non -fiction
Information
Flat
17. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve
Personification
Hero (tragic)
Act
Flashback
18. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Flat
Objective Summary
Phrases
Third person
19. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Symbolism
Alliteration
Pacing
Analyze
20. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.
Third Person Omniscient
Mood
Internal Conflict
Summarize
21. Main character in fiction or drama
Argument
Protagonist
Resolution
Subordinate
22. Main character in fiction or drama
Nuances
Analyze
Draft
Protagonist
23. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Speaker
Synthesize
Pacing
In -text citation
24. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
Parallel Structure
Falling action
Delineate
25. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Draft
Inference
Act
Symbolism
26. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Nuances
Evaluate
Tragedy
Setting
27. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Rising Action
Round
Formal
28. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Direct
Fiction
Exposition
Counterclaim
29. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Transition
Third person
Plot
Antagonist
30. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Cross - curricular
Imagery
Paraphrase
Informative/explanatory text
31. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Climax
Figurative language
Repetition
32. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Evaluate
Falling action
Conflict
Delineate
33. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Counterclaim
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Euphemism
Internal Conflict
34. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Alliteration
Analyze
Point of View
Personification
35. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Symbolism
Character
Plagiarism
Formal
36. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Round
Etymology
Third person
Soliloquy
37. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Symbolism
Suspense
Internal Conflict
Draft
38. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Dialogue
Synthesize
Fallacious reasoning
Soliloquy
39. Describe in vivid detail
Mood
Informative/explanatory text
Delineate
Direct
40. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Rising Action
Formal
Imagery
Mood
41. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Direct
Third Person Limited
Onomatopoeia
Simile
42. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve
Static
Hero (tragic)
Round
Objective Summary
43. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Setting
Independent
Stanza
Act
44. Assert or affirm strongly
Indirect
Connotation
Claim
Dialogue
45. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Refrain
Tone
Cross - curricular
Transition
46. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Atmosphere
Fallacious reasoning
Pathos
Parallel plots
47. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Mood
Independent
Suspense
Nuances
48. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Formal
Scaffolding
Formal
49. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Scene
Plagiarism
Euphemism
Characterization (indirect and direct)
50. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Argument
Symbolism
Exposition