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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. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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






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






6. Assert or affirm strongly






7. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






9. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






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






11. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






13. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






16. Testimony that is presented word for word.






17. Examine and judge carefully.






18. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






21. 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.






22. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






23. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






24. Make a blueprint of






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






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






27. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






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






33. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






36. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






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






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






39. The state of cohering or sticking together






40. Showing little if any change






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






42. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






43. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






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






50. Using language effectively to please or persuade