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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A system of scaffolds






2. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






3. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






4. Classifying people by their traits.






5. The state of cohering or sticking together






6. Describe in vivid detail






7. Using language effectively to please or persuade






8. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






10. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






11. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






12. Make a blueprint of






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






14. Main character in fiction or drama






15. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






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






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






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






19. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






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






21. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






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






23. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






24. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






25. Character pitted against protagonist






26. Give the main point or idea






27. Testimony that is presented word for word.






28. 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.






29. Make a blueprint of






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






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






32. Using language effectively to please or persuade






33. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






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






35. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






36. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






37. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






40. 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.






41. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






42. Examine and judge carefully.






43. To examine carefully; study closely






44. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






45. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






46. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






47. 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.






48. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






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






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