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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. Showing little if any change
Static
Pacing
Counterclaim
Oxymoron
2. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Counterclaim
Nuances
Complex
Rhetoric
3. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Symbolism
Oxymoron
Rising Action
Exposition
4. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Flat
Cohesion
Citation
Direct Quotation
5. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Socratic Seminar
Argument
Conjunctive adverbs
Characterization (indirect and direct)
6. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citation
Point of View
Cross - curricular
Character
7. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Cohesion
Stanza
Rhetoric
Motivation
8. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.
Transition
Formal
Setting
Oxymoron
9. 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.
Sensory language
Direct Quotation
First person
Internal Conflict
10. Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (Ex: 'buzz')
Onomatopoeia
Point of View
Mood
Synthesize
11. Give the main point or idea
Rhyme
Summarize
Socratic Seminar
Protagonist
12. A system of scaffolds
Act
Scaffolding
Nuances
Symbolism
13. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Counterclaim
Onomatopoeia
Mood
14. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Alliteration
Cite
Independent
Speaker
15. Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Syntax
Stereotype
Draft
16. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Citation
Rising Action
Synthesize
Subordinate
17. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Flashback
Formal
Draft
Motivation
18. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Claim
Syntax
Parallel plots
First person
19. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Oxymoron
Symbolism
Tragedy
Cite
20. The uncertainty of anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
Argument
Suspense
Claim
Fallacious reasoning
21. 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.
Conflict
Internal Conflict
Indirect
Direct Quotation
22. 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.
Act
Socratic Seminar
Pacing
Motivation
23. 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.
Refrain
Objective Summary
Third Person Omniscient
Resolution
24. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Etymology
Tone
Phrases
Antagonist
25. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Rhetoric
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Draft
Pacing
26. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Static
Aside
First person
Subordinate
27. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Synthesize
Refrain
Nuances
Transition
28. A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Motivation
Mood
Indirect
Complex
29. The narrator - who plays no part in story - zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Compare and Contrast
Euphemism
Third Person Limited
Objective Summary
30. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
First person
Delineate
Fiction
Soliloquy
31. To examine carefully; study closely
Pathos
Clause
Analyze
Rising Action
32. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Draft
First person
Cross - curricular
Counterclaim
33. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Character
Internal Conflict
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Imagery
34. An idea that is implied or suggested
Repetition
Connotation
Stanza
Compare and Contrast
35. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Act
Inference
Mood
Analyze
36. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Stanza
Protagonist
Conjunctive adverbs
Figurative language
37. The point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot.
Climax
Third Person Omniscient
Rising Action
Hero (tragic)
38. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory language
Rhyme
Direct Quotation
Informative/explanatory text
39. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Rhetoric
Evaluate
Theme
Simile
40. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Repetition
Tone
Cross - curricular
Aside
41. The state of cohering or sticking together
Cohesion
Rhyme
Point of View
Information
42. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Alliteration
Theme
Conjunctive adverbs
In -text citation
43. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Plagiarism
Resolution
Third Person Limited
Non -fiction
44. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Tone
Syntax
Euphemism
Falling action
45. In drama - an extended speech delivered by a character alone onstage
Plot
Soliloquy
Fallacious reasoning
Textual evidence
46. To examine carefully; study closely
Analyze
Hero (tragic)
Non -fiction
Non -fiction
47. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Socratic Seminar
Connotation
Inference
Atmosphere
48. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning
Tone
Phrases
Scene
Counterclaim
49. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Symbolism
Textual evidence
Syntax
Dialogue
50. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Socratic Seminar
Act
Exposition
Oxymoron