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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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1. The study of the sources and development of words
Dialogue
Refrain
Etymology
Socratic Seminar
2. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Rhetoric
Plot
Evaluate
Paraphrase
3. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Symbolism
Inference
Internal Conflict
Scene
4. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Scaffolding
Transition
Draft
Complex
5. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Scaffolding
Theme
Pathos
Internal Conflict
6. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Paraphrase
Setting
Flashback
Conflict
7. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Climax
Summarize
Pathos
Direct Quotation
8. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third Person Limited
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Delineate
9. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Counterclaim
Third Person Limited
Figurative language
Characterization (indirect and direct)
10. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme
Counterclaim
Pacing
Subordinate
11. 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.
Tragedy
Symbolism
Flashback
Protagonist
12. 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.
Internal Conflict
Static
Act
Alliteration
13. 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.
Pathos
Alliteration
Third Person Omniscient
Static
14. Describe in vivid detail
Informative/explanatory text
Suspense
Delineate
Characterization (indirect and direct)
15. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Falling action
Point of View
First person
16. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Resolution
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Symbolism
Citation
17. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Scaffolding
Informative/explanatory text
Euphemism
Transition
18. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Draft
Analyze
Flat
Subordinate
19. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Exposition
Direct Quotation
Speaker
Textual evidence
20. Showing little if any change
Third Person Omniscient
Protagonist
Aside
Static
21. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Delineate
Setting
First person
Information
22. Classifying people by their traits.
Euphemism
Climax
Stereotype
Evaluate
23. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Repetition
Transition
Aside
Complex
24. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Plot
Conjunctive adverbs
Pathos
Character
25. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Conjunctive adverbs
Resolution
Cross - curricular
Clause
26. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Draft
Onomatopoeia
Objective Summary
27. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Formal
Falling action
Pathos
28. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Formal
Motivation
Argument
Information
29. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Flashback
Subordinate
Information
Climax
30. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Soliloquy
Motivation
Mood
Rising Action
31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Socratic Seminar
Conflict
Formal
32. 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.
Socratic Seminar
Third Person Omniscient
Exposition
Sensory language
33. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Non -fiction
Imagery
Static
Motivation
34. Crediting source within the paper.
Flashback
Euphemism
Third Person Omniscient
In -text citation
35. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Paraphrase
Stanza
Direct Quotation
Climax
36. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Artistic medium
Scene
Hero (tragic)
Soliloquy
37. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Information
Simile
Parallel plots
Setting
38. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Objective Summary
Nuances
Figurative language
Paraphrase
39. 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
Plot
Protagonist
Counterclaim
40. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Plagiarism
Summarize
Objective Summary
Symbolism
41. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Independent
Theme
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Artistic medium
42. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Speaker
Third Person Omniscient
Rhyme
Cross - curricular
43. Assert or affirm strongly
Information
Scene
Subordinate
Claim
44. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Protagonist
Fallacious reasoning
Figurative language
45. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Connotation
Oxymoron
Subordinate
Soliloquy
46. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Artistic medium
Direct
Draft
Figurative language
47. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Atmosphere
Resolution
Subordinate
First person
48. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Socratic Seminar
Character
Direct Quotation
Stanza
49. A system of scaffolds
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Compare and Contrast
Scaffolding
Evaluate
50. Character pitted against protagonist
Antagonist
Speaker
Stanza
Soliloquy