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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. Main character in fiction or drama






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






3. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






4. 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.






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






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






7. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






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






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






10. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. The state of cohering or sticking together






16. 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.






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






18. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






20. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party






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






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






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






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






25. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






26. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






29. Classifying people by their traits.






30. Character pitted against protagonist






31. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






34. Make a blueprint of






35. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






36. A system of scaffolds






37. Showing little if any change






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






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






40. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






41. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






42. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






43. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






46. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






47. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






48. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






50. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration