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






2. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






4. Showing little if any change






5. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






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






8. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






10. A word - phrase - line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem usually at the end of each stanza.






11. Rewording for the purpose of clarification






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






13. 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.






14. Examine and judge carefully.






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






16. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






17. 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.






18. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






22. The serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other ideas or things.






23. Describe in vivid detail






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






41. Make a blueprint of






42. Scene in a movie - play - short story - novel - or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.






43. Assert or affirm strongly






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






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






46. The quality in a work of literature or art that arouses the reader's feelings of pity - sorrow - or compassion for a character.






47. To examine carefully; study closely






48. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






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






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