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






2. A system of scaffolds






3. Classifying people by their traits.






4. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






5. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






7. Crediting source within the paper.






8. Testimony that is presented word for word.






9. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.






10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






11. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






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






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






14. 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.






15. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






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






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






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






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






20. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






29. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






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






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






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






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






34. An idea that is implied or suggested






35. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






36. Crediting source within the paper.






37. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






38. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






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






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






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






42. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






43. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






45. Using language effectively to please or persuade






46. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






48. Give the main point or idea






49. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.






50. 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.