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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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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Pacing
Personification
Character
Symbolism
2. Crediting source within the paper.
Scaffolding
In -text citation
Atmosphere
Personification
3. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Subordinate
Inference
Act
Pathos
4. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Clause
Mood
Alliteration
Point of View
5. Showing little if any change
Onomatopoeia
Complex
Point of View
Static
6. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Plot
Informative/explanatory text
Transition
7. Assert or affirm strongly
Informative/explanatory text
Figurative language
Claim
Draft
8. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Clause
Simile
Antagonist
Character
9. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Scene
Antagonist
Figurative language
10. A system of scaffolds
Informative/explanatory text
Paraphrase
Speaker
Scaffolding
11. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Rhyme
Syntax
Dialogue
Static
12. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Compare and Contrast
Parallel Structure
Falling action
Euphemism
13. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Plot
Static
Citation
Point of View
14. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Simile
In -text citation
Direct Quotation
Characterization (indirect and direct)
15. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Evaluate
Sensory language
Refrain
Third Person Limited
16. 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
Euphemism
Scene
Euphemism
Hero (tragic)
17. The state of cohering or sticking together
Artistic medium
Static
Cohesion
Citation
18. Classifying people by their traits.
Evaluate
Syntax
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Stereotype
19. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Third Person Omniscient
Theme
Synthesize
Direct Quotation
20. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Simile
Analyze
Information
21. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Theme
Cohesion
Clause
Rhyme
22. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Non -fiction
Symbolism
Synthesize
Draft
23. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Suspense
Stereotype
Alliteration
Objective Summary
24. 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.
Fiction
Internal Conflict
Parallel plots
Refrain
25. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Tragedy
Fallacious reasoning
Imagery
26. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Speaker
Dialogue
Scaffolding
Refrain
27. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Resolution
Fallacious reasoning
Etymology
Cross - curricular
28. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Argument
Independent
Tragedy
Plagiarism
29. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Rising Action
First person
Character
Third Person Limited
30. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Fiction
Repetition
Phrases
Fallacious reasoning
31. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Fiction
Syntax
Cross - curricular
Tone
32. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Refrain
Personification
Alliteration
33. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Alliteration
Third Person Omniscient
Objective Summary
Narrative
34. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Theme
Information
35. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Conflict
Flat
Tone
Oxymoron
36. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Euphemism
Symbolism
Complex
Compare and Contrast
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.
Scene
Indirect
Narrative
Analyze
38. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Inference
Claim
Objective Summary
Textual evidence
39. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Compare and Contrast
Textual evidence
Exposition
Scene
40. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Syntax
Indirect
Atmosphere
Characterization (indirect and direct)
41. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Etymology
Non -fiction
Pathos
Narrative
42. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Cohesion
Compare and Contrast
Flat
43. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Inference
Draft
Resolution
Non -fiction
44. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Paraphrase
Narrative
Atmosphere
Inference
45. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Inference
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Motivation
Tragedy
46. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Flat
Draft
Aside
47. Main character in fiction or drama
Formal
Narrative
Protagonist
Repetition
48. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Direct Quotation
Alliteration
Figurative language
Dialogue
49. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Draft
Plagiarism
Draft
Tone
50. Classifying people by their traits.
Hero (tragic)
Protagonist
Climax
Stereotype