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






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






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






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






5. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures






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






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






8. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






11. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






18. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






19. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






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






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






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






24. Describe in vivid detail






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






26. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.






27. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.






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






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






30. 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






31. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')






32. Showing little if any change






33. Main character in fiction or drama






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






35. To examine carefully; study closely






36. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






37. A system of scaffolds






38. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






39. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






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






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






43. Give the main point or idea






44. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






45. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






50. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited