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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. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Hero (tragic)
Refrain
Draft
Informative/explanatory text
2. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Artistic medium
Cite
Character
Exposition
3. Give the main point or idea
Narrative
Citation
Summarize
Dialogue
4. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Repetition
Citation
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Dialogue
5. Classifying people by their traits.
Cite
Stereotype
Plot
Soliloquy
6. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Exposition
Protagonist
Third Person Omniscient
7. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Stanza
Plagiarism
Refrain
Rising Action
8. Make a blueprint of
Stereotype
Fallacious reasoning
Internal Conflict
Draft
9. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Formal
Third Person Omniscient
Stanza
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
10. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Oxymoron
Static
Setting
Objective Summary
11. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
Nuances
Speaker
Imagery
Sensory language
12. Give the main point or idea
Alliteration
Syntax
Summarize
Information
13. The study of the sources and development of words
First person
Exposition
Nuances
Etymology
14. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Cross - curricular
Hero (tragic)
Atmosphere
Subordinate
15. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Repetition
Round
Character
16. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Point of View
Information
Third Person Limited
Pacing
17. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Etymology
Syntax
Etymology
Rhyme
18. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Imagery
Personification
Syntax
Direct
19. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Syntax
Refrain
Fallacious reasoning
Symbolism
20. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Tragedy
Complex
Claim
Climax
21. A system of scaffolds
Cohesion
Scaffolding
Analyze
Round
22. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Stanza
Delineate
Information
Narrative
23. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Phrases
Claim
Scaffolding
Soliloquy
24. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Stereotype
Third Person Limited
Synthesize
25. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Narrative
Pathos
Suspense
Inference
26. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Pathos
Falling action
Non -fiction
Internal Conflict
27. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Draft
Fallacious reasoning
Parallel plots
Climax
28. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Repetition
Transition
Claim
Euphemism
29. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Scene
Draft
Resolution
30. Examine and judge carefully.
Point of View
Clause
Imagery
Evaluate
31. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Soliloquy
Stereotype
Imagery
32. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Direct Quotation
Nuances
Motivation
Climax
33. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.
Informative/explanatory text
Antagonist
Flat
Onomatopoeia
34. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Antagonist
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Rhyme
Parallel plots
35. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Direct
Direct Quotation
Round
36. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Dialogue
Sensory language
Connotation
Cross - curricular
37. 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.
Stereotype
Speaker
Internal Conflict
Protagonist
38. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Socratic Seminar
Falling action
Character
39. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
Simile
Objective Summary
40. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Simile
Pathos
Flat
Exposition
41. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Point of View
Direct Quotation
Refrain
First person
42. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Cite
Act
Scaffolding
Theme
43. A system of scaffolds
Aside
Third person
Scaffolding
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
44. 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
Cite
Cohesion
Hero (tragic)
Falling action
45. A major division of the action of a play or drama.
Act
Theme
Etymology
Mood
46. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Pacing
Aside
Complex
Hero (tragic)
47. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Static
First person
Subordinate
Point of View
48. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Figurative language
Dialogue
Static
Syntax
49. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning
Information
Fallacious reasoning
Rising Action
Motivation
50. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Setting
Cite
Mood
Round