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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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1. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Parallel Structure
Alliteration
Setting
Figurative language
2. The study of the sources and development of words
Claim
Protagonist
Etymology
Resolution
3. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Rising Action
Etymology
Tragedy
4. 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
Hero (tragic)
Cite
Analyze
First person
5. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Pathos
Oxymoron
Claim
Aside
6. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Argument
Direct Quotation
Narrative
Syntax
7. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Etymology
Oxymoron
Act
8. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Scene
Citation
Parallel Structure
Cross - curricular
9. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Atmosphere
Compare and Contrast
Third Person Limited
Non -fiction
10. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Analyze
Delineate
Parallel plots
Independent
11. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Act
Independent
Simile
12. Crediting source within the paper.
Cite
Delineate
Socratic Seminar
In -text citation
13. An idea that is implied or suggested
Conjunctive adverbs
Connotation
Draft
Citation
14. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Antagonist
Oxymoron
Syntax
Connotation
15. Classifying people by their traits.
Euphemism
Dialogue
Stereotype
Conflict
16. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Draft
Atmosphere
Rhyme
Mood
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
Draft
Hero (tragic)
Cohesion
Atmosphere
18. 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.
Scaffolding
Third person
Socratic Seminar
Flat
19. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Subordinate
Cohesion
Third Person Limited
Clause
20. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Independent
Direct Quotation
Hero (tragic)
Textual evidence
21. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Scaffolding
Direct Quotation
Parallel Structure
Non -fiction
22. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Delineate
Suspense
Textual evidence
Plagiarism
23. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme
Refrain
Connotation
In -text citation
24. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Suspense
Act
Theme
Independent
25. A system of scaffolds
Etymology
Syntax
Scaffolding
Round
26. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Narrative
Tone
Information
Protagonist
27. Character pitted against protagonist
Clause
Antagonist
Conflict
Fiction
28. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Conjunctive adverbs
Alliteration
Analyze
Delineate
29. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Climax
Narrative
Dialogue
30. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Symbolism
Direct
Third Person Limited
Alliteration
31. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Direct Quotation
Figurative language
Point of View
Pathos
32. Give the main point or idea
Falling action
Speaker
Summarize
Subordinate
33. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Information
Formal
Third Person Omniscient
34. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Theme
Argument
Independent
Clause
35. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Synthesize
Point of View
Rhetoric
Information
36. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Fallacious reasoning
Cross - curricular
Setting
Rhyme
37. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Plagiarism
Clause
Antagonist
Tone
38. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Textual evidence
Synthesize
Tone
Cite
39. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Climax
Exposition
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Act
40. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Phrases
Scaffolding
Third person
41. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Subordinate
Theme
Artistic medium
Draft
42. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Direct
Claim
Repetition
Refrain
43. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Connotation
Independent
Phrases
Alliteration
44. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Objective Summary
Fiction
Claim
45. Assert or affirm strongly
Counterclaim
Claim
Tragedy
Atmosphere
46. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
Draft
Counterclaim
47. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Artistic medium
Mood
Analyze
Fiction
48. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
First person
Narrative
49. Main character in fiction or drama
Analyze
Stanza
Climax
Protagonist
50. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Nuances
Aside
Phrases
Mood