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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. Examine and judge carefully.






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






3. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






4. The state of cohering or sticking together






5. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






6. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party






7. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






9. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






10. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






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






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






13. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






14. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






15. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






16. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






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






18. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






20. 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.






21. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






24. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






27. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






28. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






29. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






30. Examine and judge carefully.






31. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






32. 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.






33. To examine carefully; study closely






34. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






35. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






36. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






40. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






41. An idea that is implied or suggested






42. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






43. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






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






45. Character pitted against protagonist






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






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






48. 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






49. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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