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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. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Refrain
Transition
Argument
Rhetoric
2. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Falling action
Information
Conjunctive adverbs
Parallel plots
3. In the broadest sense of the word - any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences rather than recounting real ones.
Conjunctive adverbs
Protagonist
Narrative
Fiction
4. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Rhetoric
Phrases
Plagiarism
5. A system of scaffolds
Scaffolding
Nuances
Information
Counterclaim
6. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Claim
Alliteration
Resolution
Connotation
7. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
Socratic Seminar
Synthesize
Informative/explanatory text
Inference
8. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Pacing
Parallel Structure
First person
Dialogue
9. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Static
Summarize
Tone
Sensory language
10. First part of the plot which presents main characters and their conflicts.
Paraphrase
Refrain
Exposition
Third Person Omniscient
11. Crediting source within the paper.
In -text citation
Theme
Aside
Scene
12. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Cohesion
Plot
Climax
Flat
13. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Argument
Plagiarism
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Fiction
14. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.
Pathos
Exposition
Mood
Euphemism
15. Make a blueprint of
Characterization (indirect and direct)
Draft
Point of View
Etymology
16. All action taking place after the climax; also known as falling action
Sensory language
Oxymoron
Resolution
Clause
17. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Parallel Structure
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Speaker
Theme
18. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Scaffolding
Flashback
Complex
Rhetoric
19. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
Antagonist
Socratic Seminar
Climax
Point of View
20. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Objective Summary
Climax
Nuances
Mood
21. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Draft
Non -fiction
Subordinate
Characterization (indirect and direct)
22. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
Soliloquy
Mood
Paraphrase
Aside
23. 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.
Indirect
Cross - curricular
Independent
Speaker
24. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Static
Parallel Structure
Conjunctive adverbs
Paraphrase
25. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.
Paraphrase
Complex
Rhyme
Etymology
26. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Evaluate
Falling action
Rhyme
Argument
27. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Speaker
Transition
Third person
Point of View
28. Quotations - summaries - or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
Textual evidence
Clause
Suspense
Characterization (indirect and direct)
29. The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures
Claim
Alliteration
Rhyme
Parallel Structure
30. A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem.
Delineate
Plot
Conflict
Suspense
31. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Paraphrase
Plot
Claim
Third Person Omniscient
32. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Draft
Euphemism
Independent
33. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Textual evidence
Motivation
Summarize
34. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Clause
In -text citation
Rhetoric
Symbolism
35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Delineate
Syntax
Tragedy
Informative/explanatory text
36. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Tragedy
Dialogue
Socratic Seminar
Direct Quotation
37. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Artistic medium
Non -fiction
Suspense
Stanza
38. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Plagiarism
Rhyme
Round
Plot
39. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Tragedy
Information
Parallel plots
Suspense
40. Classifying people by their traits.
Direct
Delineate
Figurative language
Stereotype
41. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.
Indirect
Act
Connotation
Symbolism
42. Traditionally - a subdivision of an act in drama.
Narrative
Scene
Hero (tragic)
Parallel Structure
43. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Antagonist
Subordinate
Independent
Citation
44. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Static
Transition
Character
Aside
45. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
Transition
Mood
Sensory language
Point of View
46. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms ('living death').
Static
Scene
Oxymoron
Characterization (indirect and direct)
47. Main character in fiction or drama
Protagonist
Analyze
Motivation
Parallel plots
48. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Nuances
Flashback
Fallacious reasoning
Summarize
49. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Plagiarism
Direct
Indirect
Stanza
50. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.
Climax
Non -fiction
Direct
Draft