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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Direct
Fiction
Informative/explanatory text
Tragedy
2. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Imagery
Non -fiction
Symbolism
Informative/explanatory text
3. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Pathos
Evaluate
Flat
Narrative
4. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Counterclaim
Third Person Limited
Artistic medium
5. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Claim
Informative/explanatory text
Non -fiction
Atmosphere
6. An idea that is implied or suggested
Syntax
Tone
Connotation
Sensory language
7. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Rhetoric
Textual evidence
Cite
Third Person Omniscient
8. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
In -text citation
Flat
Exposition
Mood
9. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Third person
Stereotype
Indirect
Sensory language
10. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Stanza
Parallel Structure
Nuances
Citation
11. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Citation
Climax
Syntax
Tragedy
12. The state of cohering or sticking together
Character
Flat
Cohesion
Information
13. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
First person
Dialogue
Informative/explanatory text
Speaker
14. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third person
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Third Person Limited
Imagery
15. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Delineate
Claim
Argument
Tone
16. Classifying people by their traits.
Rhetoric
Resolution
Stereotype
Argument
17. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Draft
Plagiarism
Climax
Theme
18. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Onomatopoeia
Socratic Seminar
Euphemism
Formal
19. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Scaffolding
Round
Rhyme
Exposition
20. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Textual evidence
Artistic medium
Stereotype
Repetition
21. A system of scaffolds
Point of View
Draft
Cross - curricular
Scaffolding
22. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Direct Quotation
Third Person Limited
Parallel Structure
Point of View
23. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Tone
Third person
Conjunctive adverbs
Rising Action
24. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Independent
Connotation
Hero (tragic)
25. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Delineate
Figurative language
Connotation
Subordinate
26. Give the main point or idea
Direct Quotation
Scene
Summarize
Conjunctive adverbs
27. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Symbolism
Claim
Rhetoric
Clause
28. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Complex
Fiction
Socratic Seminar
Plagiarism
29. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Draft
Imagery
Oxymoron
Internal Conflict
30. 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.
Aside
Internal Conflict
Sensory language
Pacing
31. 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
Stanza
Hero (tragic)
Cite
Flat
32. Crediting source within the paper.
Fiction
In -text citation
Euphemism
Formal
33. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Simile
Plagiarism
Complex
34. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Socratic Seminar
Setting
Round
Scene
35. Make a blueprint of
Theme
Symbolism
Draft
Socratic Seminar
36. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Nuances
Onomatopoeia
Third person
37. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Third person
Citation
Rising Action
38. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Motivation
Third person
Repetition
Clause
39. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Indirect
Scene
Act
Flat
40. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Draft
Alliteration
Parallel plots
Independent
41. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Protagonist
Conflict
Argument
Round
42. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Direct Quotation
Synthesize
Imagery
Formal
43. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Symbolism
Motivation
Fiction
Act
44. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Third person
Simile
Antagonist
Rising Action
45. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Complex
Dialogue
Flat
Refrain
46. 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.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Objective Summary
Informative/explanatory text
Socratic Seminar
47. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Analyze
Synthesize
Pathos
48. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Artistic medium
Symbolism
Motivation
Cite
49. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Refrain
Informative/explanatory text
Pathos
Complex
50. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Paraphrase
Socratic Seminar
Scene
Exposition