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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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1. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Imagery
Imagery
Flat
2. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Motivation
Setting
Paraphrase
Independent
3. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Clause
Resolution
Subordinate
Dialogue
4. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Tragedy
Socratic Seminar
Atmosphere
Citation
5. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Counterclaim
Alliteration
Flat
Non -fiction
6. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Sensory language
Plot
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Third Person Limited
7. Character pitted against protagonist
Antagonist
Fiction
Formal
Draft
8. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Connotation
Etymology
Rising Action
Act
9. Main character in fiction or drama
Resolution
Draft
Protagonist
Mood
10. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Cohesion
Alliteration
Formal
Symbolism
11. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Protagonist
Repetition
Scene
12. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Nuances
Counterclaim
Cohesion
Parallel Structure
13. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Pathos
Socratic Seminar
Scene
Sensory language
14. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Formal
Draft
Figurative language
Information
15. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Antagonist
Analyze
Point of View
Non -fiction
16. 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
Tone
Fiction
Hero (tragic)
Pacing
17. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Symbolism
Personification
Synthesize
Cross - curricular
18. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Textual evidence
Pacing
Rising Action
Parallel Structure
19. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Theme
Mood
Evaluate
Nuances
20. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Hero (tragic)
Exposition
Resolution
Stanza
21. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Act
Atmosphere
Refrain
Complex
22. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
First person
Syntax
Figurative language
Characterization (indirect and direct)
23. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Argument
Theme
Soliloquy
Nuances
24. The state of cohering or sticking together
Third Person Omniscient
Stereotype
Cohesion
Alliteration
25. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Fiction
Counterclaim
Cross - curricular
Refrain
26. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Flat
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Direct Quotation
Rhetoric
27. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Falling action
Third Person Omniscient
Scene
Cite
28. Examine and judge carefully.
Stanza
Evaluate
Argument
Draft
29. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Parallel Structure
Imagery
Draft
Speaker
30. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Plot
Setting
Draft
Rhetoric
31. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Falling action
Internal Conflict
Transition
Oxymoron
32. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Claim
Information
First person
Parallel Structure
33. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Plot
Round
Sensory language
34. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Theme
Symbolism
Rhyme
35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Point of View
Inference
Scene
Connotation
36. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Alliteration
Character
Fallacious reasoning
Internal Conflict
37. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Information
Oxymoron
Figurative language
38. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Socratic Seminar
Soliloquy
Scene
39. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Cite
Fallacious reasoning
Imagery
Setting
40. Crediting source within the paper.
Textual evidence
Third person
In -text citation
Refrain
41. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Exposition
Figurative language
Rhetoric
Tone
42. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Conflict
Third person
Cross - curricular
Antagonist
43. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Suspense
Narrative
Sensory language
44. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Motivation
Plagiarism
Summarize
Dialogue
45. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Theme
Point of View
Stanza
Atmosphere
46. 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.
Repetition
Direct
Scene
Internal Conflict
47. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Cohesion
Information
Imagery
Exposition
48. Examine and judge carefully.
Symbolism
Soliloquy
Draft
Evaluate
49. 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.
Refrain
Artistic medium
Non -fiction
Third Person Omniscient
50. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
In -text citation
Refrain
Evaluate
Rhyme