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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. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Third Person Omniscient
Artistic medium
Stanza
Alliteration
2. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct
Draft
Symbolism
Antagonist
3. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Mood
Imagery
Claim
Third Person Omniscient
4. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Cite
Conjunctive adverbs
Setting
5. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Direct Quotation
Plagiarism
Alliteration
Hero (tragic)
6. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Direct Quotation
Speaker
Motivation
Counterclaim
7. An idea that is implied or suggested
Compare and Contrast
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
Simile
8. 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.
Oxymoron
Indirect
Conflict
Antagonist
9. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Plot
Direct Quotation
Complex
Protagonist
10. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Third Person Omniscient
Complex
Soliloquy
Third Person Limited
11. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Point of View
In -text citation
Stanza
12. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Narrative
Third Person Limited
Citation
Etymology
13. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Cite
Independent
Syntax
Conjunctive adverbs
14. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Stanza
Antagonist
Direct Quotation
Syntax
15. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Tone
Transition
Dialogue
Simile
16. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Transition
Simile
Citation
17. Give the main point or idea
Falling action
Evaluate
Antagonist
Summarize
18. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Theme
Rising Action
Paraphrase
Etymology
19. The state of cohering or sticking together
Synthesize
Cohesion
Speaker
Flashback
20. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Cohesion
Scaffolding
Conflict
Theme
21. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Symbolism
Tragedy
Socratic Seminar
Direct Quotation
22. 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.
Suspense
Repetition
Internal Conflict
Mood
23. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Plot
Act
Third Person Omniscient
Hero (tragic)
24. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Stereotype
Etymology
Protagonist
25. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Third Person Omniscient
Climax
Phrases
26. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Argument
Climax
Clause
Stanza
27. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Fiction
Onomatopoeia
Socratic Seminar
Setting
28. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Parallel Structure
Falling action
Point of View
Analyze
29. Main character in fiction or drama
Onomatopoeia
Protagonist
Alliteration
Inference
30. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Tone
Argument
Parallel plots
Connotation
31. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Scene
Counterclaim
Third person
Simile
32. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Climax
Information
Citation
Pathos
33. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
Socratic Seminar
Complex
Personification
34. Make a blueprint of
Argument
Suspense
Euphemism
Draft
35. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Protagonist
Scaffolding
Suspense
Soliloquy
36. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Rising Action
Fiction
Cite
Atmosphere
37. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Non -fiction
Euphemism
Aside
38. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Summarize
Third Person Limited
Parallel Structure
39. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Citation
Clause
Alliteration
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.
Cross - curricular
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Socratic Seminar
Transition
41. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Round
Oxymoron
Formal
Characterization (indirect and direct)
42. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Textual evidence
Dialogue
Connotation
43. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Resolution
Scaffolding
Exposition
Third Person Limited
44. Examine and judge carefully.
Synthesize
Connotation
In -text citation
Evaluate
45. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Tone
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Conjunctive adverbs
Fiction
46. An idea that is implied or suggested
Paraphrase
Connotation
Protagonist
Symbolism
47. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Inference
Syntax
Parallel plots
Onomatopoeia
48. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Climax
Narrative
Plagiarism
First person
49. Classifying people by their traits.
Mood
Synthesize
Clause
Stereotype
50. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Clause
Rising Action
Theme
Suspense