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Grade 9 - 10 Vocabulary Common Core

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






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






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






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






5. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






6. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






7. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






8. 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.






9. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






10. Tell how things are alike and different






11. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






12. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






13. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






16. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






17. 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.






18. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






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






20. Testimony that is presented word for word.






21. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






22. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






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






24. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






25. Examine and judge carefully.






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






27. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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






30. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






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






32. Using language effectively to please or persuade






33. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






34. Tell how things are alike and different






35. Describe in vivid detail






36. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party






37. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






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






39. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






40. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






41. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






42. Lacking stimulating characteristics






43. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.






44. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






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






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






48. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






49. Make a blueprint of






50. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position