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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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1. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Symbolism
Draft
Cross - curricular
Setting
2. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Rising Action
Textual evidence
Character
3. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Non -fiction
Subordinate
Analyze
Alliteration
4. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Dialogue
Oxymoron
Delineate
Textual evidence
5. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Pacing
Exposition
Cross - curricular
6. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Exposition
Aside
Suspense
Motivation
7. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Exposition
Argument
Mood
Compare and Contrast
8. Classifying people by their traits.
Stereotype
Paraphrase
Exposition
Sensory language
9. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Imagery
Compare and Contrast
Protagonist
Syntax
10. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Onomatopoeia
Transition
Citation
Paraphrase
11. Crediting source within the paper.
Resolution
Subordinate
Rhetoric
In -text citation
12. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Third Person Limited
Compare and Contrast
In -text citation
13. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Scaffolding
Etymology
Dialogue
Protagonist
14. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Parallel plots
Narrative
Dialogue
15. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Euphemism
Third Person Limited
Clause
Information
16. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Artistic medium
Nuances
Protagonist
Sensory language
17. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve
Complex
Hero (tragic)
Counterclaim
Fiction
18. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Character
Character
Cite
Static
19. A system of scaffolds
Clause
Suspense
Flashback
Scaffolding
20. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Syntax
Static
Argument
Artistic medium
21. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Third Person Omniscient
Conflict
Falling action
Scaffolding
22. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Cite
Act
Nuances
Parallel plots
23. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Tragedy
Direct
Nuances
Speaker
24. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Narrative
Summarize
Fallacious reasoning
Direct Quotation
25. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Non -fiction
Indirect
Cite
Motivation
26. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Pacing
Point of View
Direct Quotation
First person
27. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Etymology
Objective Summary
Personification
Inference
28. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Draft
Stereotype
Refrain
Counterclaim
29. Make a blueprint of
Tone
Draft
Third person
Compare and Contrast
30. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Climax
Symbolism
Cross - curricular
Protagonist
31. Make a blueprint of
Plagiarism
Third person
Climax
Draft
32. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Scene
Hero (tragic)
Complex
Speaker
33. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Cite
Symbolism
Paraphrase
34. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Dialogue
Argument
Character
Refrain
35. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Parallel Structure
Exposition
Parallel plots
Clause
36. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Climax
Formal
Phrases
Plagiarism
37. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Setting
Non -fiction
Draft
Connotation
38. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Cross - curricular
Conflict
Suspense
Draft
39. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Protagonist
Dialogue
Evaluate
Objective Summary
40. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Compare and Contrast
Syntax
Refrain
Cohesion
41. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Paraphrase
Personification
Fallacious reasoning
Objective Summary
42. 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.
Point of View
Atmosphere
Flashback
Independent
43. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Rhetoric
Etymology
Act
Round
44. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Third person
Nuances
Alliteration
45. Tell how things are alike and different
Indirect
Compare and Contrast
Simile
Figurative language
46. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Draft
Textual evidence
Paraphrase
Artistic medium
47. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Non -fiction
Information
Soliloquy
Symbolism
48. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Speaker
Objective Summary
Paraphrase
Evaluate
49. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Static
Pathos
Parallel plots
Inference
50. 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.
Phrases
Figurative language
Scene
Internal Conflict