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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Dialogue
Parallel Structure
Pathos
Connotation
2. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Falling action
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Setting
Figurative language
3. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Flat
Simile
Personification
Falling action
4. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Point of View
Pacing
Independent
Point of View
5. 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.
Socratic Seminar
Indirect
Direct
Characterization (indirect and direct)
6. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Euphemism
Pacing
Parallel plots
Inference
7. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Narrative
Parallel Structure
Rhetoric
Scene
8. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Dialogue
Informative/explanatory text
Theme
9. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Summarize
Resolution
Objective Summary
Informative/explanatory text
10. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Flashback
Parallel plots
Hero (tragic)
Exposition
11. Assert or affirm strongly
Point of View
Simile
Direct Quotation
Claim
12. Describe in vivid detail
Dialogue
Summarize
Delineate
Rhetoric
13. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Non -fiction
Round
Motivation
Tragedy
14. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Round
Flat
Character
15. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Suspense
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
Paraphrase
16. Tell how things are alike and different
Falling action
Falling action
Refrain
Compare and Contrast
17. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Refrain
Climax
Aside
Fiction
18. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Symbolism
Plagiarism
Figurative language
Nuances
19. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Internal Conflict
Conflict
Rhetoric
Counterclaim
20. Assert or affirm strongly
Resolution
First person
Claim
Sensory language
21. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Repetition
Clause
Socratic Seminar
Textual evidence
22. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Personification
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Objective Summary
23. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Suspense
Soliloquy
Hero (tragic)
Draft
24. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Round
Stereotype
Plot
Speaker
25. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
First person
Syntax
Parallel Structure
Symbolism
26. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Paraphrase
Flat
Setting
Symbolism
27. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Information
Onomatopoeia
Euphemism
28. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Informative/explanatory text
Summarize
Repetition
Antagonist
29. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct
Soliloquy
Nuances
Inference
30. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Character
Complex
Mood
31. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Oxymoron
Symbolism
Third person
Complex
32. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Refrain
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Pathos
Euphemism
33. Showing little if any change
Draft
Static
Argument
Non -fiction
34. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Draft
Static
Syntax
35. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Conflict
Complex
Resolution
Refrain
36. 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.
Dialogue
Stereotype
Indirect
Theme
37. Classifying people by their traits.
Climax
Aside
Evaluate
Stereotype
38. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Informative/explanatory text
Nuances
Parallel Structure
In -text citation
39. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Argument
Protagonist
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Draft
40. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Counterclaim
Tragedy
Flashback
Tone
41. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Falling action
Tragedy
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
42. Examine and judge carefully.
Exposition
Evaluate
Conjunctive adverbs
Alliteration
43. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Simile
Compare and Contrast
Soliloquy
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
44. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Narrative
Soliloquy
Falling action
Exposition
45. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Plagiarism
Refrain
Pathos
46. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Artistic medium
Sensory language
Flashback
Tragedy
47. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Syntax
Non -fiction
Symbolism
Argument
48. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Flat
Conjunctive adverbs
Counterclaim
49. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Conflict
Symbolism
In -text citation
Dialogue
50. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Alliteration
Non -fiction
Speaker
Figurative language