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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
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Textual evidence
Informative/explanatory text
Syntax
Alliteration
2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Nuances
Formal
Citation
Narrative
3. Tell how things are alike and different
Static
Paraphrase
Compare and Contrast
Direct Quotation
4. Crediting source within the paper.
Protagonist
In -text citation
Point of View
Third Person Limited
5. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Flat
Third Person Limited
Direct
6. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Point of View
Mood
Symbolism
7. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Parallel plots
Non -fiction
Alliteration
Plot
8. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Exposition
Paraphrase
Draft
Refrain
9. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Parallel Structure
Sensory language
Dialogue
Artistic medium
10. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Synthesize
Climax
Round
Falling action
11. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Cross - curricular
Counterclaim
Atmosphere
Stereotype
12. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Climax
Tragedy
Tone
Plagiarism
13. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Textual evidence
Citation
Flat
Round
14. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.
Conflict
Aside
Narrative
Characterization (indirect and direct)
15. Assert or affirm strongly
Non -fiction
Third person
Stanza
Claim
16. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Sensory language
Fiction
Synthesize
Direct Quotation
17. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Suspense
Plagiarism
Hero (tragic)
Textual evidence
18. Assert or affirm strongly
Point of View
Internal Conflict
Claim
Stanza
19. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Complex
Third person
Theme
Stanza
20. The state of cohering or sticking together
Exposition
Independent
Cohesion
Draft
21. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Cross - curricular
Independent
Repetition
Stanza
22. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Syntax
Summarize
Falling action
Sensory language
23. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Formal
Plot
Characterization (indirect and direct)
24. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Inference
Hero (tragic)
Motivation
25. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Objective Summary
Character
Etymology
Connotation
26. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Connotation
Rhetoric
Summarize
Fallacious reasoning
27. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct Quotation
Counterclaim
Cross - curricular
Direct
28. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Citation
Parallel Structure
Refrain
Round
29. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Non -fiction
Syntax
Theme
30. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Figurative language
Flat
Atmosphere
Claim
31. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Stereotype
Formal
Claim
32. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Alliteration
Third Person Limited
Cross - curricular
Personification
33. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Stereotype
Setting
Syntax
Pacing
34. Classifying people by their traits.
Cohesion
Rhetoric
Non -fiction
Stereotype
35. 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
Information
Resolution
Connotation
Hero (tragic)
36. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Speaker
Third person
In -text citation
Imagery
37. Classifying people by their traits.
Scene
Exposition
Stereotype
Formal
38. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Fallacious reasoning
Pacing
Cross - curricular
Subordinate
39. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Hero (tragic)
Tone
Flat
Onomatopoeia
40. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Rhyme
Subordinate
Suspense
Internal Conflict
41. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Fiction
Fallacious reasoning
Conjunctive adverbs
Subordinate
42. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Cite
Imagery
Falling action
Onomatopoeia
43. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Transition
Summarize
Suspense
Symbolism
44. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Atmosphere
Informative/explanatory text
Plot
Protagonist
45. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Artistic medium
Evaluate
Rhetoric
46. Make a blueprint of
In -text citation
Draft
Nuances
Alliteration
47. To examine carefully; study closely
Citation
Inference
Conflict
Analyze
48. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Figurative language
Round
Draft
Theme
49. Character pitted against protagonist
Draft
Mood
Pathos
Antagonist
50. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Tone
Resolution
Conjunctive adverbs
Pathos