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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
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Clause
Formal
Mood
Antagonist
2. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Summarize
Simile
Delineate
3. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Third Person Omniscient
Theme
Flat
4. Give the main point or idea
Socratic Seminar
Compare and Contrast
Summarize
Characterization (indirect and direct)
5. 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.
Flashback
Direct Quotation
Claim
Phrases
6. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Atmosphere
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Repetition
Scaffolding
7. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Narrative
Clause
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Draft
8. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Artistic medium
Oxymoron
Speaker
9. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Setting
Scene
Point of View
Parallel Structure
10. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Complex
Phrases
Round
Narrative
11. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Counterclaim
Informative/explanatory text
Independent
Suspense
12. The study of the sources and development of words
Claim
Etymology
Cite
Objective Summary
13. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Non -fiction
Connotation
Flat
Mood
14. 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.
Plot
Direct
Internal Conflict
Synthesize
15. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Third Person Omniscient
Direct Quotation
Artistic medium
16. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Hero (tragic)
Third Person Limited
Information
Complex
17. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Euphemism
In -text citation
Summarize
Tone
18. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Cross - curricular
Compare and Contrast
Plot
Conjunctive adverbs
19. The state of cohering or sticking together
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Cohesion
Rising Action
Setting
20. To examine carefully; study closely
Formal
Indirect
Flashback
Analyze
21. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Resolution
Direct
Draft
22. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Phrases
Character
Simile
Internal Conflict
23. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Argument
Artistic medium
Third person
Plagiarism
24. Character pitted against protagonist
Pacing
Antagonist
Tragedy
Exposition
25. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Scene
Atmosphere
Theme
Etymology
26. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Exposition
Third Person Omniscient
Setting
Argument
27. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Atmosphere
Argument
Non -fiction
Sensory language
28. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
Parallel Structure
Character
Symbolism
29. 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.
Draft
Indirect
Draft
Stereotype
30. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Synthesize
Scaffolding
Third Person Limited
Refrain
31. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Conjunctive adverbs
Simile
Exposition
Resolution
32. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Flat
Nuances
Information
Rhyme
33. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Narrative
Repetition
Clause
First person
34. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Cohesion
Parallel Structure
Argument
Alliteration
35. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Subordinate
Draft
Summarize
Characterization (indirect and direct)
36. Examine and judge carefully.
Rhyme
Evaluate
Aside
Antagonist
37. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Imagery
Oxymoron
Character
Repetition
38. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Tone
Aside
Climax
39. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Plagiarism
Fallacious reasoning
Formal
Parallel Structure
40. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Subordinate
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Symbolism
41. 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.
Flashback
Atmosphere
Draft
Personification
42. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Act
Claim
Mood
43. Main character in fiction or drama
Objective Summary
Delineate
Protagonist
Simile
44. 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.
Setting
Socratic Seminar
Pathos
Non -fiction
45. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Motivation
Parallel Structure
Round
Indirect
46. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Euphemism
Simile
Refrain
Figurative language
47. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Conflict
Narrative
Symbolism
Compare and Contrast
48. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Clause
Conjunctive adverbs
Scene
49. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Evaluate
Static
Information
50. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct
Imagery
Narrative
Phrases