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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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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Clause
Static
Resolution
Mood
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.
Climax
Socratic Seminar
Speaker
Connotation
3. Give the main point or idea
Summarize
Aside
Symbolism
First person
4. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Argument
Soliloquy
Euphemism
Clause
5. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Compare and Contrast
Symbolism
Character
Clause
6. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Parallel plots
First person
Pathos
Subordinate
7. Character pitted against protagonist
Act
Antagonist
Suspense
Euphemism
8. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Point of View
First person
Falling action
9. Therefore - however - furthermore - nevertheless - accordingly
First person
Parallel Structure
Subordinate
Conjunctive adverbs
10. A system of scaffolds
Character
Artistic medium
Scaffolding
Round
11. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Stanza
Non -fiction
Internal Conflict
Mood
12. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Independent
Counterclaim
Summarize
13. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Etymology
Climax
Syntax
Rhetoric
14. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
Delineate
Suspense
Information
15. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Theme
Rising Action
Summarize
Direct
16. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.
Theme
Repetition
Formal
Socratic Seminar
17. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Mood
Compare and Contrast
Act
Clause
18. Assert or affirm strongly
Connotation
Claim
Alliteration
Setting
19. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Character
Transition
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Parallel Structure
20. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Information
Subordinate
Hero (tragic)
Point of View
21. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Scene
Internal Conflict
Transition
Third person
22. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Direct Quotation
Complex
Narrative
Analyze
23. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Mood
Pathos
Soliloquy
Subordinate
24. 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.
Evaluate
Indirect
Rhetoric
Protagonist
25. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Cohesion
Rising Action
Indirect
Artistic medium
26. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Oxymoron
Non -fiction
Complex
Rhetoric
27. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Third Person Limited
Falling action
Nuances
28. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Fiction
Inference
Formal
Motivation
29. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Counterclaim
Dialogue
Scene
Motivation
30. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Protagonist
Personification
Draft
Claim
31. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Fallacious reasoning
Parallel plots
Direct
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
32. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
Rhetoric
Cohesion
Motivation
Narrative
33. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Setting
Third Person Omniscient
Repetition
Tone
34. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Citation
Scene
Symbolism
Stanza
35. 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.
Objective Summary
Exposition
Flashback
Protagonist
36. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Mood
Sensory language
Synthesize
Rhyme
37. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.
Simile
Personification
Symbolism
Point of View
38. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Soliloquy
Exposition
Transition
Nuances
39. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Fallacious reasoning
Sensory language
Repetition
Protagonist
40. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Oxymoron
Conjunctive adverbs
Personification
Summarize
41. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Transition
Round
Plot
Inference
42. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Conflict
Cite
Indirect
Synthesize
43. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Draft
Conflict
Stereotype
Onomatopoeia
44. Classifying people by their traits.
Subordinate
Stereotype
Transition
Mood
45. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Motivation
Hero (tragic)
Paraphrase
Protagonist
46. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Plot
Sensory language
Socratic Seminar
Draft
47. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Hero (tragic)
Paraphrase
Phrases
Resolution
48. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Mood
Refrain
Cite
Setting
49. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Direct
Theme
Information
50. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Figurative language
First person
Cross - curricular
Direct