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






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






3. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






4. Make a blueprint of






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






6. Testimony that is presented word for word.






7. 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.






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






9. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






10. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






11. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






12. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






13. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






15. 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.






16. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






18. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






19. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






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






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






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






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






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






25. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






26. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






27. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






31. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






32. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






35. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






36. 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.






37. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






38. Examine and judge carefully.






39. Give the main point or idea






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






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






42. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






43. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






46. To examine carefully; study closely






47. A major division of the action of a play or drama.






48. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






49. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






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