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






2. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






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






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






6. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






7. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






8. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






9. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






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






11. Give the main point or idea






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






13. Crediting source within the paper.






14. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






15. 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






16. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






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






18. The study of the sources and development of words






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






20. Describe in vivid detail






21. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






22. Showing little if any change






23. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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 position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






26. Give the main point or idea






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






28. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






30. Classifying people by their traits.






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






32. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






33. Using language effectively to please or persuade






34. The study of the sources and development of words






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






36. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






37. Crediting source within the paper.






38. Testimony that is presented word for word.






39. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






40. 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.






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






42. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






44. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






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






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






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






48. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






50. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.