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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. Classifying people by their traits.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






7. Lacking stimulating characteristics






8. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






9. Give the main point or idea






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






11. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






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






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






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






15. To examine carefully; study closely






16. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






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






21. A system of scaffolds






22. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






23. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






24. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






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






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






28. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






30. Describe in vivid detail






31. Main character in fiction or drama






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Tell how things are alike and different






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.






41. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






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






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






44. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






45. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






46. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






47. Make a blueprint of






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






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






50. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.