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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. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Plagiarism
Hero (tragic)
Euphemism
Alliteration
2. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Connotation
Formal
Scene
3. 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.
Informative/explanatory text
Claim
Aside
Socratic Seminar
4. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Pathos
Refrain
Cite
Draft
5. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Draft
Fiction
Parallel plots
6. Classifying people by their traits.
Third Person Limited
Stereotype
Flashback
Informative/explanatory text
7. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Pacing
Plot
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Direct
8. The state of cohering or sticking together
Third person
Transition
Formal
Cohesion
9. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Static
Third Person Limited
In -text citation
Exposition
10. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Exposition
Internal Conflict
Point of View
Act
11. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Formal
Pathos
Rhyme
First person
12. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Direct
Alliteration
Non -fiction
13. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Direct
Counterclaim
Synthesize
Oxymoron
14. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Speaker
Protagonist
Cohesion
Alliteration
15. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Conflict
Direct
Indirect
16. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Exposition
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Compare and Contrast
17. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Oxymoron
Information
Internal Conflict
Pathos
18. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Refrain
Direct
Delineate
Tragedy
19. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Round
Personification
Subordinate
Parallel Structure
20. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Summarize
Draft
Third Person Omniscient
Argument
21. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Simile
Connotation
Complex
Compare and Contrast
22. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Repetition
Euphemism
Narrative
23. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Counterclaim
Claim
Clause
Repetition
24. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Theme
Stanza
Oxymoron
25. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Transition
Rhetoric
Direct Quotation
Objective Summary
26. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Protagonist
Rising Action
Phrases
Dialogue
27. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Claim
Third person
Alliteration
Atmosphere
28. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Suspense
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Plot
Clause
29. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Mood
Subordinate
Stereotype
Citation
30. Character pitted against protagonist
Round
Antagonist
First person
Connotation
31. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Inference
Draft
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Hero (tragic)
32. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Stanza
Mood
Evaluate
Symbolism
33. Examine and judge carefully.
Rising Action
Mood
Imagery
Evaluate
34. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Climax
Pathos
Scene
Conflict
35. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Sensory language
Suspense
Inference
In -text citation
36. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Informative/explanatory text
Syntax
Hero (tragic)
Textual evidence
37. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Citation
Euphemism
Pacing
Antagonist
38. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Objective Summary
Cohesion
Figurative language
Paraphrase
39. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Rhetoric
Third person
Analyze
Counterclaim
40. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Tragedy
Pacing
Informative/explanatory text
41. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Stereotype
Clause
Fiction
Pathos
42. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Nuances
Third Person Omniscient
Non -fiction
Third Person Omniscient
43. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Narrative
Dialogue
Synthesize
Theme
44. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Informative/explanatory text
Subordinate
Resolution
Socratic Seminar
45. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Protagonist
Character
Symbolism
Internal Conflict
46. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Flashback
Aside
Transition
Nuances
47. 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.
Stereotype
Textual evidence
Flashback
Exposition
48. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Alliteration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Paraphrase
Climax
49. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Aside
Paraphrase
Rhetoric
Pathos
50. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Inference
Hero (tragic)
Direct
Clause