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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. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Pathos
Symbolism
Information
Etymology
2. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Fiction
Round
Counterclaim
Cite
3. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Falling action
Tragedy
Scaffolding
Syntax
4. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Tragedy
Symbolism
Argument
Alliteration
5. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Euphemism
Independent
Synthesize
Plot
6. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Compare and Contrast
Climax
Imagery
Plot
7. Assert or affirm strongly
Round
Phrases
Claim
Nuances
8. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Flashback
Counterclaim
Static
Objective Summary
9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Speaker
Conjunctive adverbs
Internal Conflict
Stereotype
10. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Narrative
Synthesize
Figurative language
Fiction
11. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Citation
Paraphrase
Parallel Structure
Stanza
12. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Dialogue
Rhetoric
Non -fiction
Complex
13. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Third person
Cross - curricular
Aside
Parallel plots
14. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Synthesize
Non -fiction
Draft
Etymology
15. 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.
Indirect
Aside
Evaluate
Objective Summary
16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Plot
Rhyme
Draft
Characterization (indirect and direct)
17. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Simile
Cross - curricular
Aside
18. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Refrain
Plot
Cohesion
Imagery
19. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.
Scaffolding
Third Person Omniscient
Claim
Citation
20. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Pathos
Protagonist
Act
Soliloquy
21. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Third Person Limited
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Parallel Structure
Artistic medium
22. To examine carefully; study closely
Soliloquy
Informative/explanatory text
Cohesion
Analyze
23. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Antagonist
Parallel Structure
Refrain
Alliteration
24. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Character
Cross - curricular
Symbolism
Cohesion
25. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Conflict
Alliteration
Third Person Omniscient
Flashback
26. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Flashback
Cross - curricular
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Subordinate
27. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Phrases
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Rhetoric
Symbolism
28. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Figurative language
Rising Action
Nuances
29. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Euphemism
Parallel Structure
Narrative
Pacing
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.
Setting
Internal Conflict
Static
Phrases
31. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Summarize
Synthesize
Fiction
32. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Speaker
Third Person Limited
Antagonist
33. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Stanza
Objective Summary
In -text citation
Fallacious reasoning
34. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Pacing
Protagonist
Claim
35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Conjunctive adverbs
Theme
Counterclaim
Inference
36. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Non -fiction
Static
Third Person Limited
Simile
37. A system of scaffolds
Theme
Scaffolding
Citation
Exposition
38. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Atmosphere
Syntax
Rising Action
Characterization (indirect and direct)
39. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Figurative language
Act
Scaffolding
Simile
40. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Character
Artistic medium
Conjunctive adverbs
Subordinate
41. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Etymology
Motivation
First person
42. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Information
Syntax
Character
Counterclaim
43. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Formal
Internal Conflict
In -text citation
44. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme
Suspense
Clause
Theme
45. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Connotation
Rhyme
Tragedy
Round
46. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Repetition
Formal
Stereotype
47. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Resolution
Clause
Personification
Argument
48. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Subordinate
Mood
Stanza
Information
49. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Delineate
Rhetoric
Aside
Pathos
50. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Euphemism
Sensory language
Point of View