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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. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






2. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses






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






4. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else






5. Classifying people by their traits.






6. 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.






7. The state of cohering or sticking together






8. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






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






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






11. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






13. Crediting source within the paper.






14. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






15. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






16. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






17. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






18. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






20. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






21. 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.






22. Describe in vivid detail






23. 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.






24. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






27. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position






28. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.






29. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






30. 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.






31. A system of scaffolds






32. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures






33. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






34. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






36. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.






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






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






39. The state of cohering or sticking together






40. Make a blueprint of






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






42. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people






43. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






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






45. Showing little if any change






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






47. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film






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






49. An open-ended group discussion that teachers use to help students think on a higher level about a certain issue or topic. Involves an inner/outer circle format.






50. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work