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






2. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






4. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






11. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






12. Describe in vivid detail






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






14. To examine carefully; study closely






15. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






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






17. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






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






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






20. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






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






22. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






24. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






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






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






37. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






38. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






39. A system of scaffolds






40. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






43. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






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






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






46. 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.






47. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






48. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






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






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