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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 passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






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






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






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






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






7. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






9. 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.






10. A system of scaffolds






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






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






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






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






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






16. Give the main point or idea






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






27. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






28. Make a blueprint of






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






30. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






31. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






39. Make a blueprint of






40. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






42. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






45. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






46. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






49. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






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