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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. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
In -text citation
Figurative language
Falling action
Repetition
2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Round
Summarize
Point of View
3. 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.
Mood
Symbolism
Refrain
Indirect
4. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Draft
Cite
Static
Dialogue
5. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Euphemism
Scene
Symbolism
Counterclaim
6. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Fallacious reasoning
Setting
Oxymoron
Socratic Seminar
7. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.
In -text citation
Speaker
Plot
Conjunctive adverbs
8. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Complex
Narrative
Climax
Suspense
9. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Independent
Symbolism
Claim
Plot
10. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Nuances
Connotation
Mood
11. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Plot
Symbolism
Socratic Seminar
Socratic Seminar
12. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Narrative
Synthesize
Etymology
13. Classifying people by their traits.
In -text citation
Euphemism
Stereotype
Independent
14. Tell how things are alike and different
Static
Simile
Compare and Contrast
Point of View
15. A system of scaffolds
Third Person Limited
Scaffolding
Atmosphere
Tragedy
16. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Alliteration
Direct Quotation
Pathos
Atmosphere
17. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Fallacious reasoning
Setting
Round
Pacing
18. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Analyze
Textual evidence
Cite
Flat
19. Character pitted against protagonist
Direct Quotation
Third Person Omniscient
Figurative language
Antagonist
20. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Cite
In -text citation
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Rhyme
21. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Synthesize
Dialogue
Stanza
Third Person Limited
22. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Plot
Aside
Direct Quotation
23. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Analyze
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Rhyme
24. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Counterclaim
Static
Alliteration
25. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.
Act
Claim
Motivation
Flashback
26. To examine carefully; study closely
Counterclaim
Atmosphere
Figurative language
Analyze
27. The study of the sources and development of words
Etymology
Sensory language
Third person
Imagery
28. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Resolution
Objective Summary
Parallel Structure
Antagonist
29. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
Information
Counterclaim
Conjunctive adverbs
Tragedy
30. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Tone
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Plagiarism
31. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Point of View
Citation
Speaker
Exposition
32. Give the main point or idea
Independent
Resolution
Pacing
Summarize
33. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Rising Action
Suspense
Transition
Personification
34. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Compare and Contrast
Symbolism
Character
Third Person Limited
35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Artistic medium
Cite
Clause
36. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Connotation
Formal
Symbolism
Imagery
37. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Symbolism
Static
Rhetoric
Argument
38. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Summarize
Plagiarism
Clause
Symbolism
39. Crediting source within the paper.
Compare and Contrast
Direct
In -text citation
Etymology
40. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
In -text citation
Refrain
Simile
Mood
41. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Third Person Limited
Point of View
Protagonist
Cross - curricular
42. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Exposition
Resolution
Tone
43. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Third Person Omniscient
Scene
Soliloquy
44. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Parallel plots
Nuances
Etymology
Round
45. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Fallacious reasoning
Simile
Repetition
Conflict
46. Showing little if any change
Delineate
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Static
Scaffolding
47. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Counterclaim
Artistic medium
First person
Argument
48. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Information
Imagery
Falling action
49. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Rhetoric
Textual evidence
Direct
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
50. The state of cohering or sticking together
Character
Parallel plots
Motivation
Cohesion