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






3. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior






4. Make a blueprint of






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






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






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






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






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






10. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.






11. 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.






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






13. The state of cohering or sticking together






14. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.






15. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows






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






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






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






19. A system of scaffolds






20. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term






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






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






23. Prose writing that deals with real people - things - events - and places.






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






25. A system of scaffolds






26. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






27. 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






28. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






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






30. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






32. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






33. Examine and judge carefully.






34. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited






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






36. The study of the sources and development of words






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






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






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






40. An idea that is implied or suggested






41. Using language effectively to please or persuade






42. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






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






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






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






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






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






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