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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. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Objective Summary
Stanza
Argument
Third Person Limited
2. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature
Repetition
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Stereotype
Phrases
3. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Fallacious reasoning
Paraphrase
Plot
Delineate
4. A story or a telling of a story - or an account of a situation or event.
Connotation
Round
Third Person Omniscient
Narrative
5. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Argument
Oxymoron
Inference
Rhyme
6. Tell how things are alike and different
Tone
Cite
Repetition
Compare and Contrast
7. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Dialogue
Synthesize
Inference
Sensory language
8. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Narrative
Third Person Omniscient
Antagonist
9. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
Objective Summary
Plagiarism
Euphemism
Mood
10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Information
Evaluate
Falling action
Theme
11. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Fallacious reasoning
Flat
Inference
Act
12. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Motivation
Parallel Structure
Indirect
13. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Motivation
Theme
Tragedy
Rhyme
14. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Parallel Structure
Compare and Contrast
Static
Pacing
15. 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.
Pacing
Indirect
Complex
Textual evidence
16. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Conjunctive adverbs
Draft
Refrain
Character
17. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Inference
Draft
Personification
18. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Evaluate
Complex
Onomatopoeia
Non -fiction
19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Direct
Character
Onomatopoeia
Syntax
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.
Exposition
Pathos
Protagonist
Third Person Omniscient
21. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Dialogue
Character
Information
Tone
22. Showing little if any change
Speaker
Static
Point of View
Dialogue
23. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Scene
Character
Conjunctive adverbs
Symbolism
24. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Third person
Rising Action
Personification
Fallacious reasoning
25. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Fallacious reasoning
Draft
Analyze
Non -fiction
26. 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
Evaluate
Hero (tragic)
Formal
Symbolism
27. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Clause
Static
Claim
Conjunctive adverbs
28. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Setting
Paraphrase
Objective Summary
Draft
29. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Symbolism
Third Person Limited
Citation
Third Person Omniscient
30. A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities.
Aside
Personification
Atmosphere
Symbolism
31. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Syntax
Antagonist
Imagery
Euphemism
32. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Flashback
Claim
Plot
Round
33. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
First person
Draft
Subordinate
Citation
34. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Oxymoron
Draft
Indirect
Exposition
35. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Plot
Setting
Character
Cite
36. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.
Stereotype
Refrain
Plagiarism
Third person
37. 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.
Scaffolding
Socratic Seminar
Subordinate
Information
38. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Protagonist
Parallel plots
Mood
First person
39. Describe in vivid detail
Point of View
Delineate
Refrain
Protagonist
40. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Pacing
Fiction
Nuances
Conflict
41. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Pathos
Cross - curricular
Antagonist
42. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Conjunctive adverbs
Fiction
Syntax
Informative/explanatory text
43. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.
Rising Action
Phrases
Non -fiction
Conflict
44. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Cross - curricular
Citation
Conflict
Socratic Seminar
45. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Soliloquy
Tragedy
Third person
Antagonist
46. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Non -fiction
Information
Protagonist
Parallel plots
47. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Cross - curricular
Falling action
First person
Symbolism
48. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Delineate
Climax
Transition
Phrases
49. The state of cohering or sticking together
Formal
Transition
Antagonist
Cohesion
50. Paintings - sculpture - photography - music - theater - dance - film
Personification
Syntax
Setting
Artistic medium