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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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1. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Parallel Structure
Narrative
Pathos
Fiction
2. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Alliteration
Flashback
Figurative language
Fiction
3. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Plagiarism
Narrative
Oxymoron
4. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Stanza
Aside
Formal
5. To examine carefully; study closely
Compare and Contrast
Counterclaim
Analyze
Antagonist
6. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Complex
Symbolism
Non -fiction
7. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Act
Formal
Scaffolding
Narrative
8. Examine and judge carefully.
Theme
Synthesize
Evaluate
Information
9. Make a blueprint of
Theme
Oxymoron
Indirect
Draft
10. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Parallel Structure
Indirect
Synthesize
11. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Third person
Third person
Evaluate
Objective Summary
12. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
In -text citation
Symbolism
Imagery
Parallel plots
13. 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
Nuances
Hero (tragic)
Socratic Seminar
Connotation
14. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Transition
Subordinate
Parallel Structure
15. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Parallel plots
Falling action
Flat
16. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Act
Parallel plots
Counterclaim
17. Classifying people by their traits.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Stereotype
Connotation
Falling action
18. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Phrases
First person
Oxymoron
Euphemism
19. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Figurative language
Conflict
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Analyze
20. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Hero (tragic)
Falling action
Subordinate
Aside
21. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Summarize
Parallel Structure
Tone
22. A system of scaffolds
Evaluate
Climax
Exposition
Scaffolding
23. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Synthesize
Informative/explanatory text
Mood
Third Person Omniscient
24. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Objective Summary
First person
Argument
Onomatopoeia
25. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Fallacious reasoning
Summarize
Subordinate
Dialogue
26. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
First person
Artistic medium
Characterization (indirect and direct)
27. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Draft
Protagonist
Pathos
28. 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.
Flashback
Internal Conflict
Figurative language
Suspense
29. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Rising Action
Scene
Mood
Cross - curricular
30. Crediting source within the paper.
In -text citation
Exposition
Compare and Contrast
Exposition
31. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Connotation
Formal
Onomatopoeia
Independent
32. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Nuances
Static
Symbolism
Repetition
33. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Repetition
Scene
Internal Conflict
34. The study of the sources and development of words
Draft
Etymology
Syntax
Paraphrase
35. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Parallel Structure
Third person
Information
36. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Complex
Synthesize
Cohesion
Third Person Limited
37. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Scaffolding
Delineate
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Simile
38. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Refrain
Onomatopoeia
Static
39. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Phrases
Atmosphere
Complex
Paraphrase
40. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
First person
Citation
Analyze
41. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Tone
Informative/explanatory text
Claim
Climax
42. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Imagery
Sensory language
Euphemism
43. Give the main point or idea
Draft
Clause
Summarize
Compare and Contrast
44. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Cross - curricular
Rhyme
Clause
Scaffolding
45. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Conjunctive adverbs
Cross - curricular
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Flashback
46. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Draft
Textual evidence
Phrases
Plagiarism
47. 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.
Climax
Speaker
Internal Conflict
Formal
48. Classifying people by their traits.
Stereotype
Antagonist
Rhyme
Formal
49. Describe in vivid detail
Citation
Phrases
Synthesize
Delineate
50. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Citation
Oxymoron
Static
Climax