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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. Assert or affirm strongly
Static
Etymology
Claim
Figurative language
2. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Conjunctive adverbs
Internal Conflict
Direct
Resolution
3. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Aside
Third person
Nuances
Subordinate
4. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Paraphrase
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Phrases
Compare and Contrast
5. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Parallel plots
Mood
Symbolism
Transition
6. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Stereotype
Delineate
Argument
7. 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.
Exposition
Aside
Subordinate
Scene
8. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Personification
Act
Onomatopoeia
Cohesion
9. Method of character development in which the author reveals the personality of character through their speech - thoughts - actions - appearance - or effects of others toward the character.
Pacing
Indirect
Refrain
Figurative language
10. Character pitted against protagonist
Soliloquy
Stereotype
Antagonist
Parallel Structure
11. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Paraphrase
Fiction
Fallacious reasoning
12. Give the main point or idea
Dialogue
Summarize
Paraphrase
Sensory language
13. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Pathos
Speaker
Subordinate
14. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Refrain
Rhetoric
Imagery
Sensory language
15. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Figurative language
Indirect
Parallel plots
Synthesize
16. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Indirect
Exposition
Simile
17. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Evaluate
Inference
Direct
18. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Nuances
Fiction
Scaffolding
Atmosphere
19. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Symbolism
Round
Clause
Setting
20. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Figurative language
Direct Quotation
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Nuances
21. Examine and judge carefully.
Scene
Pathos
Evaluate
Onomatopoeia
22. 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
Information
Socratic Seminar
Motivation
23. Give the main point or idea
Symbolism
Motivation
Textual evidence
Summarize
24. Main character in fiction or drama
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Clause
Oxymoron
Protagonist
25. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Exposition
Nuances
Etymology
Pathos
26. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Sensory language
Non -fiction
Flat
Informative/explanatory text
27. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Non -fiction
Internal Conflict
Fallacious reasoning
Exposition
28. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Setting
Exposition
Pacing
Rising Action
29. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Point of View
Artistic medium
Dialogue
First person
30. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Formal
Repetition
Plot
Non -fiction
31. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Simile
Stanza
Rhyme
Euphemism
32. Classifying people by their traits.
Summarize
Stereotype
Repetition
Fiction
33. The study of the sources and development of words
Connotation
Scaffolding
Etymology
Fallacious reasoning
34. 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.
Symbolism
Aside
Tragedy
Internal Conflict
35. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Personification
Scaffolding
Synthesize
Exposition
36. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Objective Summary
Dialogue
Conjunctive adverbs
Formal
37. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Cohesion
Independent
Draft
Artistic medium
38. Make a blueprint of
Draft
Refrain
First person
Theme
39. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Inference
Objective Summary
Third Person Omniscient
Internal Conflict
40. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Third Person Limited
Aside
Paraphrase
41. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Third person
Artistic medium
Point of View
42. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Cite
Speaker
Textual evidence
Oxymoron
43. Describe in vivid detail
Mood
Pacing
Oxymoron
Delineate
44. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Phrases
Character
Conjunctive adverbs
Motivation
45. The state of cohering or sticking together
Draft
Rhetoric
Citation
Cohesion
46. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Motivation
First person
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Aside
47. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Objective Summary
Etymology
Cite
Rhyme
48. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
Complex
Symbolism
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Euphemism
49. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Objective Summary
Act
Euphemism
Repetition
50. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Rhetoric
Syntax
Atmosphere