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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To examine carefully; study closely
Resolution
Analyze
Pathos
Evaluate
2. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Internal Conflict
In -text citation
Scene
Pacing
3. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Paraphrase
Complex
Plagiarism
Stereotype
4. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Exposition
Formal
Stanza
Narrative
5. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Scene
Nuances
Pathos
6. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Objective Summary
Climax
Resolution
Refrain
7. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Symbolism
Character
Fallacious reasoning
Atmosphere
8. Character pitted against protagonist
Subordinate
Antagonist
Cross - curricular
Rhyme
9. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Non -fiction
Atmosphere
Inference
Imagery
10. 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.
Indirect
Repetition
Paraphrase
Internal Conflict
11. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Indirect
Onomatopoeia
Draft
Antagonist
12. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Euphemism
Non -fiction
Personification
Atmosphere
13. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Mood
Pacing
Flat
Refrain
14. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.
Personification
Citation
Point of View
Aside
15. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Syntax
Scene
Fiction
Independent
16. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Figurative language
Round
Oxymoron
Figurative language
17. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Counterclaim
Falling action
Argument
Narrative
18. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Connotation
Indirect
Information
19. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Third Person Limited
Scene
Counterclaim
Motivation
20. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Artistic medium
Parallel plots
Round
Speaker
21. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Indirect
Cohesion
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Flashback
22. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Repetition
Falling action
Information
Point of View
23. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme
Nuances
Falling action
Figurative language
24. Showing little if any change
Third person
Socratic Seminar
Static
Connotation
25. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Parallel plots
Nuances
Stereotype
Conflict
26. To examine carefully; study closely
Narrative
Analyze
Direct
Paraphrase
27. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Plot
Tragedy
Act
Refrain
28. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Counterclaim
Pacing
Personification
29. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Climax
Mood
Formal
Atmosphere
30. Crediting source within the paper.
Syntax
Characterization (indirect and direct)
In -text citation
Rhyme
31. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Syntax
Falling action
Clause
Informative/explanatory text
32. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Tragedy
Euphemism
Flat
Paraphrase
33. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Round
Socratic Seminar
Protagonist
34. Assert or affirm strongly
Nuances
Exposition
Character
Claim
35. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Rhyme
Figurative language
Synthesize
36. Make a blueprint of
Draft
Analyze
Indirect
Counterclaim
37. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Tone
Cross - curricular
Nuances
Character
38. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Narrative
Round
Compare and Contrast
Draft
39. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Direct
Plot
Non -fiction
Transition
40. 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.
Parallel Structure
Independent
Claim
Flashback
41. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Scaffolding
Conflict
Alliteration
Analyze
42. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Summarize
Mood
Draft
Rising Action
43. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Cross - curricular
Stanza
Internal Conflict
Cohesion
44. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Direct
Motivation
Connotation
45. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Exposition
Formal
Rhyme
Nuances
46. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Falling action
Personification
Artistic medium
Speaker
47. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Parallel plots
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Simile
Sensory language
48. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Sensory language
Conflict
Resolution
Setting
49. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Rising Action
Formal
Simile
Direct
50. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Plot
Climax
Imagery
Figurative language