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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. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Alliteration
Parallel Structure
Formal
Subordinate
2. 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.
Socratic Seminar
Nuances
Conflict
Repetition
3. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Parallel plots
Flat
Symbolism
Socratic Seminar
4. To examine carefully; study closely
Protagonist
Citation
Pathos
Analyze
5. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Argument
Fallacious reasoning
Falling action
Draft
6. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Delineate
Nuances
Rhyme
Plagiarism
7. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Falling action
Act
Subordinate
Transition
8. Character pitted against protagonist
Imagery
First person
Third Person Omniscient
Antagonist
9. 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
Fiction
Independent
Mood
10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Plagiarism
Formal
Speaker
Information
11. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Fiction
Climax
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Textual evidence
12. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Protagonist
Non -fiction
Character
Direct
13. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
First person
Repetition
Exposition
Third Person Limited
14. 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.
Alliteration
Direct
Nuances
Third Person Omniscient
15. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Flat
Claim
Character
16. Describe in vivid detail
Transition
Analyze
Delineate
Theme
17. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Textual evidence
Setting
Paraphrase
18. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Protagonist
Act
Pathos
Syntax
19. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Falling action
Rhetoric
Clause
20. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Narrative
Fallacious reasoning
Third Person Omniscient
Pacing
21. 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
Cross - curricular
Stereotype
Antagonist
22. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Tone
Refrain
Climax
23. Give the main point or idea
Inference
Falling action
Independent
Summarize
24. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Flat
Artistic medium
Third Person Limited
Euphemism
25. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Cite
Formal
Citation
Analyze
26. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Refrain
Conflict
Round
Paraphrase
27. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Alliteration
Conflict
Compare and Contrast
28. Assert or affirm strongly
Motivation
Formal
Imagery
Claim
29. 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.
Third Person Omniscient
Direct
Claim
Aside
30. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Nuances
Tone
Rising Action
Conjunctive adverbs
31. 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.
Stanza
Oxymoron
Indirect
Textual evidence
32. An idea that is implied or suggested
Exposition
In -text citation
Protagonist
Connotation
33. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Plot
Sensory language
Suspense
34. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Cite
In -text citation
Imagery
35. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Textual evidence
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Symbolism
Objective Summary
36. Showing little if any change
Speaker
Falling action
Static
Plot
37. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
In -text citation
Evaluate
Tragedy
38. 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
Atmosphere
Refrain
Paraphrase
39. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Objective Summary
Third Person Omniscient
Speaker
Internal Conflict
40. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Rising Action
Informative/explanatory text
In -text citation
Subordinate
41. 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.
Oxymoron
Third person
Plagiarism
Flashback
42. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Imagery
Tragedy
Argument
Symbolism
43. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Delineate
Analyze
Mood
Soliloquy
44. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Summarize
Third person
Independent
Connotation
45. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Direct Quotation
Complex
Nuances
Compare and Contrast
46. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Third Person Omniscient
Fallacious reasoning
Claim
Internal Conflict
47. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Objective Summary
Fallacious reasoning
Aside
48. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Informative/explanatory text
Citation
Theme
Refrain
49. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Refrain
Internal Conflict
Scaffolding
Independent
50. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Third Person Omniscient
Mood
Character