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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. 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.






2. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






3. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






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






5. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






6. The study of the sources and development of words






7. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






8. A system of scaffolds






9. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






10. Lacking stimulating characteristics






11. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






12. 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.






13. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






14. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






15. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






16. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






17. Classifying people by their traits.






18. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






19. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






20. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






23. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






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.






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






26. 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






27. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






28. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






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






30. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






32. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






33. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






34. Give the main point or idea






35. 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






36. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






37. Examine and judge carefully.






38. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






39. Examine and judge carefully.






40. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






41. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






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






43. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






44. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






45. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






46. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






47. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






49. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






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