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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. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Synthesize
Socratic Seminar
Information
2. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Third person
Socratic Seminar
Direct
Summarize
3. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Sensory language
Third person
Exposition
Pathos
4. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Imagery
Simile
Parallel plots
First person
5. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Tragedy
Oxymoron
Speaker
Setting
6. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Etymology
Flat
Parallel Structure
Alliteration
7. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Fallacious reasoning
Parallel Structure
Citation
Summarize
8. 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
Oxymoron
Hero (tragic)
Evaluate
Mood
9. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Speaker
Direct
Imagery
Formal
10. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Soliloquy
Etymology
Symbolism
11. Assert or affirm strongly
Inference
Paraphrase
Claim
Resolution
12. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Nuances
Rhyme
Nuances
Internal Conflict
13. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Soliloquy
Internal Conflict
Independent
Antagonist
14. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Argument
Personification
Socratic Seminar
Flat
15. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Phrases
Subordinate
Symbolism
Rising Action
16. Classifying people by their traits.
Setting
Stereotype
Phrases
Conflict
17. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Plagiarism
Resolution
Rhyme
18. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Exposition
Compare and Contrast
Non -fiction
Round
19. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Repetition
Dialogue
Symbolism
Pacing
20. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Plot
Conjunctive adverbs
Inference
Claim
21. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Syntax
Rhyme
Conjunctive adverbs
Plagiarism
22. Examine and judge carefully.
Resolution
Evaluate
Formal
Falling action
23. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Internal Conflict
Rising Action
Rhyme
24. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Indirect
Static
Synthesize
25. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Etymology
Connotation
Synthesize
Exposition
26. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Claim
Suspense
Alliteration
27. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Transition
Hero (tragic)
Setting
Cross - curricular
28. The narrator plays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening.
Rising Action
Third Person Omniscient
Internal Conflict
Synthesize
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.
Indirect
Falling action
Exposition
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
30. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Objective Summary
Onomatopoeia
Aside
Rising Action
31. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Stereotype
Subordinate
Antagonist
32. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Suspense
Nuances
Motivation
Atmosphere
33. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Round
Soliloquy
Speaker
Resolution
34. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Soliloquy
Formal
Figurative language
Delineate
35. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Compare and Contrast
Delineate
Motivation
Speaker
36. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Aside
Analyze
Transition
Antagonist
37. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
First person
Rhyme
38. To examine carefully; study closely
Setting
Personification
Analyze
Transition
39. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Resolution
Counterclaim
Phrases
40. The state of cohering or sticking together
Hero (tragic)
Exposition
Stanza
Cohesion
41. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Climax
Subordinate
Dialogue
42. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Third person
Mood
Rhyme
Falling action
43. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Conflict
Hero (tragic)
Falling action
Etymology
44. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Atmosphere
Third person
Repetition
Artistic medium
45. Tell how things are alike and different
Third person
Dialogue
Scaffolding
Compare and Contrast
46. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Speaker
Syntax
Inference
Objective Summary
47. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tone
Tragedy
Artistic medium
Climax
48. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Objective Summary
Tone
Simile
Round
49. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Plagiarism
Personification
Repetition
Alliteration
50. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Indirect
Climax
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
First person