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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. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Cross - curricular
Synthesize
Rhyme
Theme
2. An idea that is implied or suggested
Protagonist
Connotation
Plagiarism
Soliloquy
3. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Internal Conflict
Formal
Dialogue
Rhetoric
4. Linking with other subjects taught in school.
Phrases
Cross - curricular
Non -fiction
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
5. Words or phrases that create pictures - or images - in the reader's mind.
Euphemism
Repetition
Symbolism
Imagery
6. A system of scaffolds
Euphemism
Scaffolding
Cohesion
Internal Conflict
7. Play - novel - or other narrative - depicting serious and important events - in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
Tragedy
In -text citation
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Character
8. The reasons - either stated or implied - for a character's behavior
First person
Motivation
Scaffolding
Internal Conflict
9. Showing little if any change
Static
Compare and Contrast
Counterclaim
Speaker
10. The sequence of events or actions in a short story - novel - play - or narrative poem.
Analyze
Plot
Inference
Cohesion
11. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Parallel plots
In -text citation
Symbolism
12. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Third Person Omniscient
Sensory language
Citation
Formal
13. Simultaneous plot lines - usually with an intersection and one or more points.
Artistic medium
Compare and Contrast
Socratic Seminar
Parallel plots
14. Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Scaffolding
Independent
Third Person Limited
Indirect
15. Main character in fiction or drama
Fallacious reasoning
Personification
Pacing
Protagonist
16. 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
Internal Conflict
Summarize
Formal
Hero (tragic)
17. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Motivation
Nuances
Figurative language
Round
18. Showing little if any change
Motivation
Indirect
Resolution
Static
19. Crediting source within the paper.
Point of View
In -text citation
Conflict
Character
20. A mild - indirect - or vague term substituting for a harsh - blunt - or offensive term
Antagonist
Euphemism
Third person
Tone
21. A party who is defending a claim asserts a claim against the opposing party
Scene
Counterclaim
Euphemism
Dialogue
22. Subtle differences or distinctions in expression - meaning - or response
Counterclaim
Nuances
Draft
Direct
23. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem.
Argument
Complex
Stanza
Protagonist
24. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
Transition
Parallel plots
Transition
Dialogue
25. Shortened version of the text containing the main points or events.
Tragedy
Delineate
Fallacious reasoning
Objective Summary
26. Method of character development in which the author simple tells what the character is like.
Direct
Cohesion
Falling action
Third Person Omniscient
27. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Synthesize
Rising Action
Imagery
Atmosphere
28. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Third Person Omniscient
Draft
Paraphrase
Clause
29. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things - [examples are metaphor - simile - and personification.
Conflict
Soliloquy
Figurative language
Subordinate
30. Lacking stimulating characteristics
Flat
Sensory language
Theme
Formal
31. The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
Character
Counterclaim
Argument
Analyze
32. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
Symbolism
Conclusion / Concluding Statements
Third Person Omniscient
Complex
33. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Artistic medium
Tone
Parallel Structure
Citation
34. 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.
Aside
Round
Third Person Omniscient
First person
35. Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Clause
Paraphrase
Scaffolding
Third Person Limited
36. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Claim
Syntax
Round
Citation
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.
Third Person Omniscient
Soliloquy
Subordinate
Symbolism
38. The study of the sources and development of words
Personification
Dialogue
Etymology
Cite
39. Bring to a highly developed - finished - or refined state
Figurative language
Round
Argument
Imagery
40. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Artistic medium
Repetition
Falling action
Compare and Contrast
41. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses first person pronouns (I - me - my).
Non -fiction
Third person
Stanza
First person
42. A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
First person
Compare and Contrast
Plagiarism
Indirect
43. The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
Pacing
In -text citation
Evaluate
Exposition
44. Combine so as to form a more complex - product
Refrain
Onomatopoeia
Synthesize
Setting
45. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Imagery
Argument
Point of View
Soliloquy
46. Using language effectively to please or persuade
Static
Symbolism
Fiction
Rhetoric
47. In a tragedy - the portion of the plot that follows the climax and that leads to the resolution.
Dialogue
Falling action
Information
Claim
48. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Paraphrase
Scaffolding
Textual evidence
Tone
49. Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
Onomatopoeia
Cite
Direct Quotation
Scaffolding
50. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Narrative
Pathos
Direct Quotation
Conclusion / Concluding Statements