Test your basic knowledge |

Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






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






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






4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






5. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






7. 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.






8. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






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






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






11. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






12. 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.






13. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






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






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






16. Showing little if any change






17. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






21. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






23. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






24. 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






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






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






27. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






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






30. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






34. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






37. Classifying people by their traits.






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






39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






40. Testimony that is presented word for word.






41. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






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






43. Showing little if any change






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






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






46. Lacking stimulating characteristics






47. Character pitted against protagonist






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






49. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






50. 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.