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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Direct Quotation
Soliloquy
Nuances
2. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Cite
Plot
Subordinate
Nuances
3. A system of scaffolds
Synthesize
Third Person Omniscient
Independent
Scaffolding
4. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Etymology
Protagonist
Parallel plots
5. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Rhyme
Paraphrase
Plot
Transition
6. 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
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Draft
7. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Textual evidence
Flashback
Onomatopoeia
Exposition
8. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Formal
Syntax
Textual evidence
Plagiarism
9. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Pacing
Scaffolding
Citation
Climax
10. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Textual evidence
Clause
Euphemism
11. Examine and judge carefully.
Internal Conflict
Evaluate
Syntax
Pacing
12. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Non -fiction
Rhetoric
Exposition
Inference
13. 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.
Climax
Conflict
Alliteration
Flashback
14. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Theme
Plot
Fallacious reasoning
15. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.
Fallacious reasoning
Aside
Third person
Argument
16. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Suspense
Personification
Pathos
Rhetoric
17. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Flat
Draft
Point of View
18. Crediting source within the paper.
In -text citation
Objective Summary
Scaffolding
Personification
19. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Stanza
Round
Simile
Parallel plots
20. Classifying people by their traits.
Round
Sensory language
Stereotype
Clause
21. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Inference
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Resolution
22. The study of the sources and development of words
Informative/explanatory text
Complex
Falling action
Etymology
23. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Suspense
Synthesize
Flat
Nuances
24. 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.
Flashback
Antagonist
Independent
Socratic Seminar
25. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Internal Conflict
Counterclaim
Dialogue
Pacing
26. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Plot
Textual evidence
Tone
Euphemism
27. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Scene
Alliteration
Complex
28. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Protagonist
Textual evidence
Cite
Third person
29. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Hero (tragic)
Stereotype
Sensory language
Formal
30. Examine and judge carefully.
Evaluate
Parallel plots
Symbolism
Indirect
31. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Independent
Imagery
Alliteration
Mood
32. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Counterclaim
Indirect
Aside
In -text citation
33. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Textual evidence
Artistic medium
Fallacious reasoning
Point of View
34. Showing little if any change
Clause
Socratic Seminar
Symbolism
Static
35. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Subordinate
Third Person Omniscient
Artistic medium
Paraphrase
36. To examine carefully; study closely
Antagonist
Analyze
Oxymoron
Personification
37. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Sensory language
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Summarize
Third Person Limited
38. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Stereotype
Formal
Information
39. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Compare and Contrast
Rising Action
Clause
40. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Onomatopoeia
Evaluate
Exposition
Objective Summary
41. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Aside
Third Person Limited
Climax
Tone
42. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Objective Summary
Plot
Rhetoric
43. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Non -fiction
Imagery
Dialogue
Fallacious reasoning
44. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Hero (tragic)
Repetition
Argument
In -text citation
45. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Artistic medium
Objective Summary
Direct
Conjunctive adverbs
46. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Etymology
Character
Clause
Hero (tragic)
47. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Sensory language
Textual evidence
Soliloquy
Parallel Structure
48. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Formal
Climax
Paraphrase
Symbolism
49. Make a blueprint of
Draft
Exposition
Socratic Seminar
In -text citation
50. 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.
Independent
Subordinate
Artistic medium
Third Person Omniscient