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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. Give the main point or idea






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Illogical reasoning that results in false or faulty reasoning






9. Make a blueprint of






10. Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction






11. Draw up an outline or sketch for something






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






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






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






15. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling






16. Give the main point or idea






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






18. Groups of words that act as a unit and convey a meaning






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






20. Crediting source within the paper.






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






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






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






24. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






26. An idea that is implied or suggested






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience






32. Character pitted against protagonist






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






34. Assert or affirm strongly






35. Main character in fiction or drama






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






37. Crediting source within the paper.






38. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features






39. Examine and judge carefully.






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






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






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






43. A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration






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






45. Linking with other subjects taught in school.






46. The state of cohering or sticking together






47. To examine carefully; study closely






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






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






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