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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. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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






7. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






8. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






10. Showing little if any change






11. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






14. The state of cohering or sticking together






15. Make a blueprint of






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






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






18. Examine and judge carefully.






19. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






22. Describe in vivid detail






23. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






24. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






25. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






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






30. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






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






34. Character pitted against protagonist






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






36. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






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






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






39. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party






40. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






41. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






45. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






47. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






48. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






49. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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