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






2. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






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






4. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.






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






6. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






7. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions






8. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






10. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.






11. Testimony that is presented word for word.






12. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






13. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






14. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






15. A written selection intended to explain a topic - an idea - or a process.






16. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer






17. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






18. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






19. A system of scaffolds






20. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






22. 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.






23. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






24. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






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






26. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






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






28. Using language effectively to please or persuade






29. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






30. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






31. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






32. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state






33. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






35. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






36. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






37. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






38. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.






39. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage






40. Person - place - thing - or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.






41. 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.






42. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






43. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






44. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






45. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.






46. 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.






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






48. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






49. Tell how things are alike and different






50. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.