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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 grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Protagonist
Syntax
Exposition
Nuances
2. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Clause
Draft
Information
Stereotype
3. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Parallel Structure
Cross - curricular
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Figurative language
4. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Informative/explanatory text
Rhetoric
Imagery
First person
5. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Independent
Oxymoron
Scaffolding
Climax
6. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Atmosphere
Counterclaim
Point of View
Independent
7. 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
Rhetoric
Act
Argument
Hero (tragic)
8. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Etymology
Subordinate
Imagery
9. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Paraphrase
Plot
Rising Action
Plot
10. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Dialogue
Socratic Seminar
Tragedy
Internal Conflict
11. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Non -fiction
Round
Symbolism
12. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Evaluate
Simile
Non -fiction
13. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Static
Point of View
Information
In -text citation
14. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Soliloquy
Plagiarism
Imagery
Citation
15. Character pitted against protagonist
Speaker
Objective Summary
Antagonist
Refrain
16. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Counterclaim
Tone
Internal Conflict
17. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
Round
Informative/explanatory text
Tragedy
18. The study of the sources and development of words
Mood
Etymology
Cite
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
19. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Third person
Argument
Draft
Sensory language
20. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Analyze
Hero (tragic)
Character
Repetition
21. Examine and judge carefully.
Evaluate
Cohesion
Draft
Summarize
22. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Exposition
Artistic medium
Informative/explanatory text
Round
23. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Setting
Parallel plots
Plagiarism
Rising Action
24. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Motivation
Alliteration
Direct Quotation
25. 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.
Formal
Nuances
Subordinate
Internal Conflict
26. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Fallacious reasoning
Cross - curricular
Figurative language
Parallel plots
27. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Scene
Refrain
Oxymoron
Imagery
28. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Nuances
Symbolism
29. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
Inference
Independent
Symbolism
30. Showing little if any change
Oxymoron
Static
Third Person Omniscient
Rising Action
31. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Parallel plots
Clause
Euphemism
Counterclaim
32. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Objective Summary
Transition
Symbolism
Draft
33. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Resolution
Argument
Indirect
Flat
34. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Formal
Subordinate
Personification
Analyze
35. 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.
Formal
Cite
Aside
Paraphrase
36. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Counterclaim
Round
Protagonist
37. 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.
Indirect
Subordinate
Paraphrase
Symbolism
38. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Imagery
Tragedy
Fiction
Exposition
39. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Onomatopoeia
Scaffolding
Rhyme
Pacing
40. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Third Person Limited
Plot
Oxymoron
Direct
41. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Personification
Citation
Imagery
Scene
42. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Round
Transition
Evaluate
Third Person Limited
43. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Soliloquy
Cite
Tragedy
Figurative language
44. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Climax
Direct
Scaffolding
Etymology
45. Crediting source within the paper.
Round
Figurative language
In -text citation
Simile
46. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Rhyme
Draft
Compare and Contrast
Tone
47. Main character in fiction or drama
Tone
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Protagonist
Mood
48. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Imagery
Sensory language
Conjunctive adverbs
Inference
49. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Synthesize
Plot
Transition
50. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Rising Action
Onomatopoeia
Evaluate