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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Stereotype
Artistic medium
Cross - curricular
Fallacious reasoning
2. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Third person
Textual evidence
Parallel Structure
Flat
3. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Atmosphere
Delineate
Rhyme
4. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
First person
Cross - curricular
Paraphrase
5. Crediting source within the paper.
Symbolism
Evaluate
In -text citation
Fallacious reasoning
6. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Narrative
Scene
Onomatopoeia
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
7. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Pathos
Cite
Motivation
Conjunctive adverbs
8. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Symbolism
Subordinate
Plagiarism
Resolution
9. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Tone
Cross - curricular
Act
Objective Summary
10. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Pacing
Counterclaim
Pacing
Phrases
11. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Onomatopoeia
Third Person Limited
Third person
Analyze
12. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Textual evidence
Parallel plots
Suspense
Repetition
13. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Scene
Paraphrase
Figurative language
Parallel plots
14. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Compare and Contrast
Plagiarism
Etymology
Parallel plots
15. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Rising Action
Sensory language
Character
Conflict
16. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Resolution
Direct
Plot
Oxymoron
17. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Tragedy
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Syntax
Direct Quotation
18. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Hero (tragic)
Plot
Repetition
Cite
19. Assert or affirm strongly
Transition
Third Person Limited
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Claim
20. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Personification
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Textual evidence
Atmosphere
21. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Oxymoron
Imagery
Parallel plots
Euphemism
22. The state of cohering or sticking together
Rising Action
Motivation
Soliloquy
Cohesion
23. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Citation
Cohesion
Static
24. To examine carefully; study closely
Figurative language
Complex
Analyze
Fallacious reasoning
25. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Subordinate
Fiction
Stanza
Atmosphere
26. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Flat
Information
In -text citation
Cite
27. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Plagiarism
Euphemism
Falling action
Pacing
28. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Mood
Syntax
Rhyme
Plot
29. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Resolution
Aside
Static
Aside
30. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Nuances
Symbolism
Paraphrase
Scene
31. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Oxymoron
Transition
Socratic Seminar
Information
32. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Formal
Character
Narrative
Etymology
33. Showing little if any change
Fallacious reasoning
Static
Artistic medium
Stereotype
34. Character pitted against protagonist
Indirect
Antagonist
Refrain
Fiction
35. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Fallacious reasoning
Rhyme
Third person
Atmosphere
36. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Argument
Setting
Alliteration
Fallacious reasoning
37. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Counterclaim
Mood
Socratic Seminar
38. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Synthesize
Climax
Objective Summary
39. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Parallel Structure
Cite
Argument
Atmosphere
40. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Etymology
Mood
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Artistic medium
41. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Transition
Refrain
Phrases
Tragedy
42. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Pacing
Speaker
Rising Action
Tragedy
43. 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
Hero (tragic)
Tone
Narrative
Independent
44. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Flat
Tragedy
Tone
Complex
45. Crediting source within the paper.
Evaluate
Falling action
Analyze
In -text citation
46. Classifying people by their traits.
Round
Pacing
Stereotype
Soliloquy
47. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Resolution
Inference
Fallacious reasoning
Draft
48. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Fallacious reasoning
Figurative language
Parallel plots
49. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct
Rhetoric
Antagonist
Direct Quotation
50. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Theme
Non -fiction
Point of View
Scaffolding