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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 state of cohering or sticking together






2. Classifying people by their traits.






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






4. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another






5. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






7. A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word or comparison - such as like - as - than or resemble.






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






9. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






10. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






11. Give the main point or idea






12. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. A system of scaffolds






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






23. Lacking stimulating characteristics






24. Tell how things are alike and different






25. Character pitted against protagonist






26. Assert or affirm strongly






27. The return of a word - phrase - stanza form or effect in any form of literature






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






29. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






30. A convention in drama whereby a character on stage addresses the audience to reveal some inner thought or feeling that is presumed inaudible to any other character on stage.






31. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.






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






33. 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






34. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response






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






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






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






38. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot.






39. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.






40. Give the main point or idea






41. Using language effectively to please or persuade






42. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






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






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






45. The state of cohering or sticking together






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






47. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value






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






49. 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






50. 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.