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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. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






3. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






5. Crediting source within the paper.






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






7. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






8. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






9. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






16. 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.






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






18. Main character in fiction or drama






19. To examine carefully; study closely






20. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






21. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






22. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






23. Showing little if any change






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






29. The study of the sources and development of words






30. To examine carefully; study closely






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






32. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






34. Tell how things are alike and different






35. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






37. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






40. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






41. Using language effectively to please or persuade






42. An idea that is implied or suggested






43. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






48. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.






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






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