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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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1. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Transition
Personification
Summarize
Pacing
2. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
Non -fiction
Scene
3. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Analyze
Informative/explanatory text
Simile
Paraphrase
4. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Informative/explanatory text
Oxymoron
Paraphrase
Draft
5. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Independent
Round
Climax
Soliloquy
6. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Alliteration
Soliloquy
Artistic medium
Round
7. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Rhetoric
Figurative language
In -text citation
Inference
8. Examine and judge carefully.
Act
Evaluate
Rhetoric
Hero (tragic)
9. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Nuances
Independent
Theme
Cite
10. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Syntax
Symbolism
Climax
Objective Summary
11. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Setting
Exposition
Cite
Transition
12. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Counterclaim
Round
Figurative language
13. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Formal
Imagery
Repetition
Analyze
14. Showing little if any change
Stereotype
Plagiarism
Static
Cohesion
15. Main character in fiction or drama
Citation
Protagonist
Textual evidence
Independent
16. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Transition
Informative/explanatory text
Direct Quotation
17. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Etymology
Tragedy
Cohesion
18. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Objective Summary
Draft
Delineate
19. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Personification
Draft
Third Person Limited
Evaluate
20. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Cite
Third person
Symbolism
Exposition
21. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Alliteration
Phrases
Exposition
Dialogue
22. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Point of View
Rising Action
Counterclaim
23. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Third person
Pacing
Theme
Rhyme
24. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Act
Direct
Characterization (indirect and direct)
25. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Tone
Simile
Conjunctive adverbs
Plot
26. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Alliteration
Tragedy
Parallel plots
Cite
27. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Syntax
Resolution
Figurative language
28. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Complex
Pathos
Information
Cite
29. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Conjunctive adverbs
Syntax
Act
30. Main character in fiction or drama
Evaluate
Protagonist
Direct
Rising Action
31. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Fiction
Scaffolding
Argument
Pacing
32. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Symbolism
Paraphrase
Conjunctive adverbs
33. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Oxymoron
Argument
Information
34. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Tone
Dialogue
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Setting
35. 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.
Aside
Conjunctive adverbs
Character
Round
36. 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.
Transition
Indirect
Third Person Omniscient
Alliteration
37. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Syntax
Figurative language
Flashback
38. An idea that is implied or suggested
Third Person Limited
Theme
Delineate
Connotation
39. 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.
Third Person Omniscient
Socratic Seminar
Compare and Contrast
Draft
40. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Etymology
Plagiarism
Non -fiction
Character
41. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Imagery
Syntax
Draft
Indirect
42. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Plagiarism
Complex
Direct
First person
43. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Objective Summary
Symbolism
Character
Oxymoron
44. To examine carefully; study closely
Tragedy
Independent
Analyze
Pacing
45. 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.
Indirect
Transition
Onomatopoeia
Falling action
46. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Figurative language
Etymology
Compare and Contrast
47. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Non -fiction
Static
Summarize
48. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Static
Cohesion
Informative/explanatory text
Tone
49. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Third Person Omniscient
Flashback
Tragedy
Argument
50. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Scaffolding
Soliloquy
Textual evidence
Conclusion / Concluding Statements