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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rhyme
Rising Action
Repetition
Evaluate
2. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Imagery
Direct
Textual evidence
Euphemism
3. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Stereotype
Fiction
Clause
4. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Symbolism
Socratic Seminar
Independent
Tragedy
5. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Fiction
Repetition
Draft
Subordinate
6. Main character in fiction or drama
Atmosphere
Etymology
Protagonist
Oxymoron
7. 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.
Soliloquy
Setting
Internal Conflict
Textual evidence
8. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Scene
Climax
Round
Flat
9. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Repetition
Setting
Point of View
Round
10. To examine carefully; study closely
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Exposition
Objective Summary
Analyze
11. Classifying people by their traits.
Round
Claim
Stereotype
Citation
12. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Fallacious reasoning
Non -fiction
Scene
Euphemism
13. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Complex
Informative/explanatory text
Dialogue
Fallacious reasoning
14. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Pacing
Fallacious reasoning
Direct
Tragedy
15. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Euphemism
Summarize
Non -fiction
Point of View
16. Crediting source within the paper.
Artistic medium
Narrative
In -text citation
Independent
17. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Draft
Exposition
Refrain
18. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Setting
Stereotype
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
19. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Counterclaim
Rising Action
Direct Quotation
Draft
20. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Speaker
Subordinate
Connotation
21. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Atmosphere
Inference
Character
Sensory language
22. Give the main point or idea
Symbolism
Personification
Summarize
Exposition
23. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Euphemism
Non -fiction
Static
Protagonist
24. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Clause
Simile
Personification
Delineate
25. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Theme
Third Person Limited
Figurative language
Plot
26. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Oxymoron
Synthesize
Stanza
Exposition
27. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Falling action
Information
Draft
Syntax
28. Examine and judge carefully.
Character
Parallel plots
Evaluate
Atmosphere
29. Assert or affirm strongly
First person
Parallel Structure
Repetition
Claim
30. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Personification
Claim
Clause
Objective Summary
31. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Counterclaim
Information
Evaluate
Cohesion
32. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Alliteration
Inference
Clause
Speaker
33. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Refrain
Clause
Claim
Fallacious reasoning
34. 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.
Symbolism
Independent
Third Person Omniscient
Conjunctive adverbs
35. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Cite
Parallel plots
Phrases
Complex
36. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Informative/explanatory text
Repetition
Oxymoron
Fiction
37. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Falling action
Socratic Seminar
Plot
38. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Repetition
Pacing
Act
Connotation
39. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Indirect
Atmosphere
Mood
40. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Textual evidence
Pathos
Symbolism
Aside
41. The study of the sources and development of words
Refrain
Compare and Contrast
Atmosphere
Etymology
42. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
Symbolism
Setting
Rhetoric
43. 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.
Objective Summary
Socratic Seminar
Sensory language
Point of View
44. Character pitted against protagonist
Antagonist
Tone
Repetition
Dialogue
45. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Third person
Pathos
Indirect
Delineate
46. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Static
Information
Character
Round
47. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Objective Summary
Indirect
Phrases
48. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Pacing
Oxymoron
Resolution
Artistic medium
49. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Synthesize
Information
Phrases
Direct
50. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Conjunctive adverbs
Conflict
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Cite