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






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






3. The study of the sources and development of words






4. Give the main point or idea






5. 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.






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






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






8. A system of scaffolds






9. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words






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






11. Showing little if any change






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






13. Character pitted against protagonist






14. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly






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






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






17. Assert or affirm strongly






18. Using language effectively to please or persuade






19. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






26. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action






27. A system of scaffolds






28. Testimony that is presented word for word.






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






30. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. To examine carefully; study closely






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






37. Tell how things are alike and different






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






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






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






41. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve






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






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






44. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






48. Make a blueprint of






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






50. A hero or heroine is the principle character in a movie - novel - or play - especially one who plays a vital role in plot development and solves the conflict. (A tragic hero is usually a dignified - courageous - and high - ranking character whose eve