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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






2. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






4. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






5. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






6. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






7. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






8. Testimony that is presented word for word.






9. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






10. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






15. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






16. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






18. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






19. Make a blueprint of






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






21. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






22. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






23. 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.






24. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






25. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work






26. Using language effectively to please or persuade






27. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






28. 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.






29. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






30. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






31. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






32. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






33. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






34. Character pitted against protagonist






35. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






36. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






37. The state of cohering or sticking together






38. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






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






40. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






41. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






42. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






43. Showing little if any change






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






45. Describe in vivid detail






46. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






47. Assert or affirm strongly






48. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






50. Tell how things are alike and different