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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. Using language effectively to please or persuade






2. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






3. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






4. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






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






6. The study of the sources and development of words






7. Make a blueprint of






8. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






9. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






10. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






11. 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.






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.






13. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






14. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






15. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






16. 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






17. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






18. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






20. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






21. Character pitted against protagonist






22. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






24. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






26. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






30. Make a blueprint of






31. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






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






33. Classifying people by their traits.






34. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






35. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






36. 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.






37. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






38. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






39. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






40. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






41. Lacking stimulating characteristics






42. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






43. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






44. Main character in fiction or drama






45. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






47. Describe in vivid detail






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






49. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






50. Character pitted against protagonist