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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 point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Climax
Draft
Evaluate
Repetition
2. Crediting source within the paper.
Transition
Mood
Narrative
In -text citation
3. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Argument
Fiction
Personification
Flat
4. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Cross - curricular
Third person
Non -fiction
Scene
5. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Phrases
Falling action
First person
Cohesion
6. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Internal Conflict
Nuances
Complex
Characterization (indirect and direct)
7. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Plot
Mood
Cohesion
Parallel plots
8. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Soliloquy
Cite
Compare and Contrast
Onomatopoeia
9. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Internal Conflict
Paraphrase
Analyze
10. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Artistic medium
Dialogue
Third Person Limited
Speaker
11. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Formal
Flat
Fiction
Nuances
12. 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.
Transition
Socratic Seminar
Flashback
Symbolism
13. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Oxymoron
Synthesize
Fiction
Conjunctive adverbs
14. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Complex
Etymology
Transition
Euphemism
15. Character pitted against protagonist
Objective Summary
Information
Draft
Antagonist
16. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Refrain
Counterclaim
Symbolism
Characterization (indirect and direct)
17. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Suspense
Tragedy
Conjunctive adverbs
Textual evidence
18. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Euphemism
Sensory language
Motivation
19. Examine and judge carefully.
Exposition
Evaluate
Sensory language
Plot
20. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Subordinate
Static
Nuances
Indirect
21. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Argument
Independent
Connotation
Inference
22. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Argument
Indirect
Climax
Plagiarism
23. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Argument
Phrases
Hero (tragic)
Theme
24. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Plagiarism
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
Etymology
25. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Climax
Independent
Cohesion
Citation
26. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Non -fiction
Tragedy
Sensory language
27. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Clause
Independent
Rhyme
Soliloquy
28. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Figurative language
Compare and Contrast
Evaluate
29. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Formal
Onomatopoeia
First person
Draft
30. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Refrain
Oxymoron
Compare and Contrast
31. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Atmosphere
Plot
Etymology
Alliteration
32. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Setting
Informative/explanatory text
Sensory language
Rhetoric
33. 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.
Euphemism
Inference
Theme
Aside
34. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Complex
Point of View
Etymology
35. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Paraphrase
Pacing
Setting
Syntax
36. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Flashback
Act
Third Person Limited
Textual evidence
37. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Plagiarism
Alliteration
Artistic medium
Paraphrase
38. The study of the sources and development of words
Objective Summary
Rising Action
Syntax
Etymology
39. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Alliteration
Indirect
Citation
Theme
40. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Textual evidence
Conjunctive adverbs
Parallel plots
Internal Conflict
41. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Onomatopoeia
Direct
Phrases
Dialogue
42. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Imagery
Counterclaim
Round
Dialogue
43. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Cohesion
Paraphrase
Subordinate
Fallacious reasoning
44. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Simile
Cohesion
Paraphrase
Suspense
45. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Soliloquy
Oxymoron
Act
Repetition
46. Classifying people by their traits.
Stereotype
Pacing
Citation
Motivation
47. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Soliloquy
Symbolism
Cohesion
Analyze
48. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Socratic Seminar
Conflict
Motivation
Tragedy
49. Crediting source within the paper.
Character
In -text citation
Symbolism
Atmosphere
50. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
Transition
Analyze
Cite