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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 repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






2. 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.






3. Lacking stimulating characteristics






4. To examine carefully; study closely






5. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






6. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






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






8. Character pitted against protagonist






9. 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.






10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






11. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Describe in vivid detail






17. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Give the main point or idea






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






25. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source






26. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.






27. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






28. Assert or affirm strongly






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






36. Showing little if any change






37. To examine carefully; study closely






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






42. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true






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






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






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






46. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






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






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






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






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