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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Nuances
Delineate
Independent
Artistic medium
2. The study of the sources and development of words
Tragedy
Motivation
Etymology
Pacing
3. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Fiction
Artistic medium
Cross - curricular
Parallel plots
4. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Simile
Independent
Formal
Point of View
5. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Nuances
Imagery
Counterclaim
Summarize
6. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Alliteration
Syntax
Static
Direct
7. To examine carefully; study closely
Euphemism
Analyze
Pathos
Repetition
8. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Protagonist
Phrases
Subordinate
Textual evidence
9. Tell how things are alike and different
Indirect
Theme
Nuances
Compare and Contrast
10. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Clause
Euphemism
Phrases
Socratic Seminar
11. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Non -fiction
Formal
Synthesize
Plagiarism
12. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Round
Symbolism
Rhyme
Sensory language
13. Main character in fiction or drama
Plagiarism
Protagonist
Plot
Inference
14. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Static
Counterclaim
Syntax
Conflict
15. Crediting source within the paper.
In -text citation
Cross - curricular
Speaker
Summarize
16. Tell how things are alike and different
Textual evidence
Compare and Contrast
Tragedy
Falling action
17. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Syntax
Soliloquy
Tone
Static
18. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Draft
In -text citation
Non -fiction
Flat
19. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Symbolism
Soliloquy
Analyze
Fiction
20. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Complex
Formal
Paraphrase
Summarize
21. Character pitted against protagonist
Flashback
Citation
Repetition
Antagonist
22. To examine carefully; study closely
Setting
Analyze
Antagonist
Plagiarism
23. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Draft
Round
Compare and Contrast
Textual evidence
24. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Cohesion
Non -fiction
Internal Conflict
Imagery
25. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Tragedy
Scene
Motivation
26. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Draft
Figurative language
Dialogue
Conjunctive adverbs
27. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Transition
Third person
Parallel plots
Formal
28. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Citation
Argument
Exposition
Aside
29. An idea that is implied or suggested
Climax
Connotation
Antagonist
Direct
30. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Conjunctive adverbs
Stanza
Sensory language
31. Crediting source within the paper.
Third Person Limited
Mood
In -text citation
Personification
32. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Connotation
Draft
Rhyme
33. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Flat
Independent
Formal
Euphemism
34. Describe in vivid detail
Independent
Stanza
Etymology
Delineate
35. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Cross - curricular
Draft
Synthesize
36. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Parallel plots
Narrative
Third person
Etymology
37. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Complex
Flashback
Climax
Round
38. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Motivation
Third Person Limited
Personification
Summarize
39. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Fallacious reasoning
Third Person Omniscient
Synthesize
Third Person Limited
40. 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
Third person
Narrative
Narrative
41. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer
Round
Third person
Evaluate
Fiction
42. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Etymology
Simile
Resolution
Analyze
43. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Rhyme
Parallel Structure
Direct Quotation
Dialogue
44. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Objective Summary
Resolution
Parallel Structure
Fiction
45. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Tone
Objective Summary
Antagonist
Personification
46. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Objective Summary
Objective Summary
Argument
47. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Parallel plots
Third Person Limited
Informative/explanatory text
Point of View
48. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Cross - curricular
Aside
Rising Action
Synthesize
49. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Pacing
Plot
Parallel Structure
Direct Quotation
50. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Climax
Formal
Theme
Phrases