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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. Lacking stimulating characteristics






2. 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






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






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






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






6. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






8. The voice that is talking to us in a poem.






9. To examine carefully; study closely






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






11. Using language effectively to please or persuade






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






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






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






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






16. Crediting source within the paper.






17. The study of the sources and development of words






18. Lacking stimulating characteristics






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






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






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






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






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






24. Classifying people by their traits.






25. Vantage point from which a writer tells a story.






26. A system of scaffolds






27. The time and place in which the events in a short story - novel - play or narrative poem occur.






28. 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.






29. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






31. Following rules or customs - often in an exact and proper way.






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






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






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






35. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






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






44. Showing little if any change






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






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






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






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






49. Give the main point or idea






50. Main character in fiction or drama