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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 inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Non -fiction
Soliloquy
Setting
2. Assert or affirm strongly
Claim
Parallel Structure
Information
Summarize
3. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Objective Summary
Flat
Figurative language
Fallacious reasoning
4. 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.
Cite
Socratic Seminar
Refrain
Third Person Omniscient
5. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Nuances
Point of View
Clause
Paraphrase
6. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Personification
Imagery
Stanza
Phrases
7. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Tragedy
Oxymoron
Mood
Parallel plots
8. Classifying people by their traits.
Stereotype
Personification
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Sensory language
9. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Simile
Citation
Third Person Limited
Cross - curricular
10. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Summarize
Onomatopoeia
Suspense
Transition
11. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Non -fiction
Informative/explanatory text
Tragedy
12. 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.
Scaffolding
Internal Conflict
Syntax
Plagiarism
13. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Nuances
Point of View
Pacing
Paraphrase
14. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Nuances
Static
Point of View
15. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Simile
Exposition
Draft
Analyze
16. Tell how things are alike and different
Point of View
Compare and Contrast
Claim
Third Person Omniscient
17. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Parallel plots
Static
Summarize
Climax
18. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Internal Conflict
Climax
Direct
19. 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.
Act
Alliteration
Synthesize
Aside
20. An idea that is implied or suggested
Rising Action
Climax
Setting
Connotation
21. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Scaffolding
Analyze
Complex
Fallacious reasoning
22. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Cohesion
Dialogue
Counterclaim
Complex
23. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Hero (tragic)
Rhyme
Speaker
Third Person Limited
24. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Information
Phrases
25. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Repetition
Falling action
Symbolism
Figurative language
26. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Personification
Tone
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Stanza
27. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Round
Parallel Structure
Atmosphere
Analyze
28. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Tone
Aside
Argument
Dialogue
29. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Pathos
Rhyme
Point of View
Repetition
30. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
Tone
Aside
Imagery
31. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
In -text citation
Counterclaim
Synthesize
Pathos
32. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Objective Summary
Paraphrase
Mood
33. Crediting source within the paper.
In -text citation
Stanza
Repetition
Protagonist
34. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Direct
Rising Action
Round
Speaker
35. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Exposition
Compare and Contrast
Textual evidence
36. Tell how things are alike and different
Transition
Rising Action
Compare and Contrast
Etymology
37. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Rhetoric
Phrases
Direct
In -text citation
38. Examine and judge carefully.
Imagery
Transition
Evaluate
Suspense
39. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Rhyme
Draft
Scaffolding
Figurative language
40. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Tragedy
Plagiarism
Refrain
41. Classifying people by their traits.
Fiction
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Exposition
Stereotype
42. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Setting
Resolution
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Fallacious reasoning
43. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Plagiarism
Symbolism
Counterclaim
Claim
44. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Setting
Analyze
Conjunctive adverbs
45. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Conflict
Protagonist
Plot
Clause
46. To examine carefully; study closely
Hero (tragic)
Connotation
Analyze
Citation
47. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Textual evidence
Formal
Draft
Conflict
48. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Atmosphere
Argument
Speaker
Atmosphere
49. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Motivation
Soliloquy
Direct Quotation
Round
50. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Conflict
Etymology
Climax
Simile