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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. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Objective Summary
Cross - curricular
Evaluate
Fallacious reasoning
2. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Third person
Informative/explanatory text
Symbolism
Refrain
3. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Symbolism
Sensory language
Figurative language
Rhetoric
4. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Theme
Plagiarism
Onomatopoeia
Atmosphere
5. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Simile
Independent
Analyze
Indirect
6. 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
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Point of View
Clause
Hero (tragic)
7. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Objective Summary
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Indirect
8. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Climax
Dialogue
Draft
Suspense
9. Crediting source within the paper.
Resolution
Round
Symbolism
In -text citation
10. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Information
Resolution
Repetition
Cross - curricular
11. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Third Person Omniscient
Plot
Pacing
Theme
12. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Fallacious reasoning
Speaker
Rhyme
Hero (tragic)
13. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Cite
Phrases
Resolution
14. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Euphemism
Direct Quotation
Rhetoric
Citation
15. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Summarize
Argument
Flashback
Conflict
16. 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.
Nuances
Compare and Contrast
Motivation
Internal Conflict
17. Examine and judge carefully.
Pacing
Evaluate
Pathos
Refrain
18. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Fallacious reasoning
Draft
Climax
Textual evidence
19. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Connotation
Fallacious reasoning
Clause
Paraphrase
20. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Etymology
Parallel plots
Third person
Resolution
21. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Scaffolding
Plagiarism
Tragedy
22. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Protagonist
Synthesize
Rising Action
Euphemism
23. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Euphemism
Etymology
Parallel plots
Repetition
24. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
First person
Climax
Narrative
Etymology
25. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Soliloquy
Onomatopoeia
Synthesize
Pacing
26. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Fallacious reasoning
Objective Summary
Cohesion
Point of View
27. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Theme
Non -fiction
Sensory language
Argument
28. Character pitted against protagonist
Delineate
Pacing
Direct Quotation
Antagonist
29. 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.
Internal Conflict
Scene
Oxymoron
Objective Summary
30. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Protagonist
Fiction
Non -fiction
Plagiarism
31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Paraphrase
Pacing
Syntax
Non -fiction
32. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Alliteration
Etymology
Theme
Antagonist
33. 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.
Third Person Omniscient
Connotation
Scaffolding
Conjunctive adverbs
34. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Oxymoron
Dialogue
Atmosphere
Counterclaim
35. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Pathos
Motivation
Soliloquy
36. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Phrases
Informative/explanatory text
Fiction
Atmosphere
37. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Analyze
Parallel Structure
Hero (tragic)
Tragedy
38. 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
Theme
Hero (tragic)
Summarize
Plot
39. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Tone
Conflict
Tragedy
40. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Information
Third Person Limited
Scene
Motivation
41. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Rising Action
Connotation
Artistic medium
42. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Plot
Fallacious reasoning
Socratic Seminar
Repetition
43. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Plagiarism
Rhyme
Evaluate
Symbolism
44. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Motivation
Climax
Artistic medium
Act
45. Assert or affirm strongly
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Stanza
Claim
Internal Conflict
46. The state of cohering or sticking together
First person
Aside
Cohesion
Round
47. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Conflict
Artistic medium
Rhetoric
Mood
48. Crediting source within the paper.
Antagonist
In -text citation
Scene
Rhyme
49. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Pathos
Euphemism
Stanza
Phrases
50. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Rhyme
Transition
Formal
Indirect