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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






2. Make a blueprint of






3. The state of cohering or sticking together






4. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






5. Tell how things are alike and different






6. Assert or affirm strongly






7. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






8. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






9. 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.






10. To examine carefully; study closely






11. 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.






12. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






13. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






14. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






15. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






16. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






17. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






18. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






19. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






20. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






21. An idea that is implied or suggested






22. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






23. 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.






24. Lacking stimulating characteristics






25. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






26. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






27. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






28. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






29. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






30. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






31. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






32. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






33. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






34. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






35. 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.






36. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






37. Crediting source within the paper.






38. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






39. Character pitted against protagonist






40. Make a blueprint of






41. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






42. Character pitted against protagonist






43. Testimony that is presented word for word.






44. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






45. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






46. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






47. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






48. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






49. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






50. Combine so as to form a more complex - product