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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 act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






3. A system of scaffolds






4. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






6. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').






7. Classifying people by their traits.






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






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






10. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






13. Make a blueprint of






14. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence






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






16. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






19. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






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






21. The study of the sources and development of words






22. Give the main point or idea






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






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






25. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






26. 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.






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






28. Assert or affirm strongly






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






30. Combine so as to form a more complex - product






31. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.






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






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






34. 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.






35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






37. Involves the inner divisions or turmoil of a single character. Conflicts of this sort may result from the character's attempt to decide between multiple alternatives for action or between opposing attitudes or beliefs.






38. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






41. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.






42. Main character in fiction or drama






43. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






44. Tell how things are alike and different






45. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party






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






47. The study of the sources and development of words






48. 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.






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






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