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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. Character pitted against protagonist
Synthesize
Paraphrase
Antagonist
Parallel Structure
2. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Theme
Socratic Seminar
Objective Summary
Personification
3. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Syntax
Suspense
Euphemism
Simile
4. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Non -fiction
Textual evidence
Symbolism
Third Person Omniscient
5. 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)
Indirect
Subordinate
Citation
6. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Soliloquy
Tone
Character
Euphemism
7. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Stereotype
Speaker
Suspense
Transition
8. 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.
Flat
Tragedy
Indirect
Aside
9. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Counterclaim
Compare and Contrast
Indirect
Third Person Limited
10. 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.
Personification
Soliloquy
Suspense
Internal Conflict
11. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Climax
Onomatopoeia
Information
Syntax
12. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Citation
Parallel Structure
First person
Etymology
13. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Third Person Limited
Euphemism
Third Person Omniscient
14. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Connotation
Cite
Sensory language
Parallel plots
15. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Conjunctive adverbs
Information
Non -fiction
16. 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.
Compare and Contrast
Textual evidence
Internal Conflict
First person
17. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Hero (tragic)
Scaffolding
Draft
Citation
18. Showing little if any change
Tragedy
Protagonist
Etymology
Static
19. Assert or affirm strongly
Simile
Sensory language
Flashback
Claim
20. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Direct Quotation
Independent
Non -fiction
21. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Rising Action
Climax
Nuances
Cite
22. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Objective Summary
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Cite
Informative/explanatory text
23. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Dialogue
Personification
Connotation
Theme
24. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Hero (tragic)
Act
Cross - curricular
Third Person Limited
25. 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.
Third Person Omniscient
Symbolism
Subordinate
Independent
26. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Atmosphere
First person
Cite
Characterization (indirect and direct)
27. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Etymology
Plot
Resolution
Formal
28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Claim
Draft
Personification
Sensory language
29. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Setting
Soliloquy
Conjunctive adverbs
Round
30. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Round
Phrases
Protagonist
Narrative
31. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Synthesize
Plot
Nuances
Onomatopoeia
32. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Flashback
Flashback
Point of View
Third Person Limited
33. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme
Scene
Parallel Structure
Counterclaim
34. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
First person
Indirect
Rising Action
Tragedy
35. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Information
Parallel Structure
Analyze
Paraphrase
36. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Suspense
Tragedy
Inference
Pathos
37. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Draft
Scene
Synthesize
Narrative
38. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
First person
Flashback
Climax
39. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Compare and Contrast
Pacing
Socratic Seminar
Imagery
40. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Simile
Artistic medium
Compare and Contrast
Conflict
41. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Clause
Aside
Argument
Plagiarism
42. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Setting
Tragedy
Complex
Pathos
43. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Internal Conflict
Motivation
Flat
Falling action
44. 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
Objective Summary
Point of View
Third person
45. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Direct
Motivation
Textual evidence
Mood
46. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Objective Summary
Paraphrase
Counterclaim
47. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Synthesize
Socratic Seminar
Informative/explanatory text
48. 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.
Exposition
Aside
Analyze
Stereotype
49. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Hero (tragic)
Plot
Indirect
50. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Motivation
Stereotype
Etymology
Phrases