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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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1. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Imagery
Rhetoric
Evaluate
2. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Connotation
Motivation
Theme
Paraphrase
3. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Direct Quotation
Atmosphere
Alliteration
4. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Conjunctive adverbs
Phrases
Internal Conflict
Point of View
5. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Dialogue
Complex
Rhetoric
Formal
6. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Setting
Third person
Claim
7. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Exposition
Climax
Summarize
First person
8. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Parallel Structure
Climax
Motivation
Suspense
9. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Cohesion
Atmosphere
Synthesize
10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Stereotype
Artistic medium
Draft
Information
11. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Soliloquy
Paraphrase
Resolution
12. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Textual evidence
Conflict
Suspense
Objective Summary
13. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Hero (tragic)
Subordinate
Static
Aside
14. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Evaluate
Mood
Suspense
Textual evidence
15. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Fiction
Protagonist
Atmosphere
Connotation
16. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Atmosphere
Soliloquy
Refrain
Antagonist
17. 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
Stanza
Connotation
Hero (tragic)
Resolution
18. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Repetition
Scaffolding
Counterclaim
Refrain
19. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Stereotype
Pathos
Direct Quotation
Suspense
20. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Mood
Summarize
Phrases
21. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Tone
Plot
Plagiarism
Syntax
22. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Etymology
Euphemism
Tone
Inference
23. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Oxymoron
Analyze
Direct
Fiction
24. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Clause
Indirect
Falling action
Tragedy
25. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Rhyme
Phrases
Onomatopoeia
Plot
26. Make a blueprint of
Rhetoric
In -text citation
Draft
Rising Action
27. Crediting source within the paper.
In -text citation
Draft
Simile
Stereotype
28. The state of cohering or sticking together
Theme
Resolution
Cohesion
Point of View
29. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Sensory language
Complex
Protagonist
Fiction
30. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Scaffolding
Rising Action
Exposition
Repetition
31. Examine and judge carefully.
Protagonist
Evaluate
Connotation
Aside
32. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Formal
Parallel plots
Theme
Textual evidence
33. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Symbolism
Rising Action
Repetition
Textual evidence
34. Make a blueprint of
Character
Draft
Evaluate
Conjunctive adverbs
35. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Non -fiction
Theme
Phrases
Connotation
36. Tell how things are alike and different
Synthesize
Simile
Compare and Contrast
Euphemism
37. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Cohesion
Conflict
Syntax
Sensory language
38. Describe in vivid detail
Exposition
Delineate
Tone
Information
39. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Atmosphere
Direct
Cohesion
Citation
40. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Fiction
Cross - curricular
Flat
Simile
41. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Symbolism
Third Person Limited
Etymology
Motivation
42. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Exposition
Act
Cross - curricular
Third Person Omniscient
43. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Informative/explanatory text
Artistic medium
Nuances
Counterclaim
44. A system of scaffolds
Cite
Scaffolding
Setting
Cohesion
45. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Euphemism
Direct
Paraphrase
Citation
46. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Inference
Phrases
Complex
Syntax
47. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Protagonist
Soliloquy
Plot
Tone
48. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Parallel plots
49. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Protagonist
Climax
Speaker
Stereotype
50. Assert or affirm strongly
Parallel plots
Claim
Indirect
Imagery