Grade 9 Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3

Review Past Vocabulary

• dramatic

• an opinion offered in opposition to another

• argument

• use of the same letter at the beginning of each word

• alliteration

• characteristic of a stage performance

• counterargument

• a dispute where there is a strong disagreement

• allegory

• a short moral story

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Review Past Vocabulary

• assonance

• a harmonious state of things and of their properties

• analogy

• a comparison in order to show a similarity

• dramatic

• an open clash between opposing groups

• conflict

• the repetition of similar vowels in successive words

• consonance

• characteristic of a stage performance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

New Vocabulary

• dialogue

• incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens

• hyperbole

• a conversation between two people

• figurative

• not literal

• irony

• extravagant exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a conversation between two people

• dialogue

• figurative

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

not literal

• dialogue

• figurative

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

extravagant exaggeration

• dialogue

• figurative

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

incongruity between what is expected and what happens

• dialogue

• figurative

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A(n) ​ (a)   is a dispute where there is a strong disagreement. A(n) ​ (b)   is an open clash between two opposing groups.

• argument
• conflict
• dramatic
• dialogue
• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

As cold waters to a thirsty soul,

So is good news from a far country.

• allegory

• argument

• analogy

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Mike likes his new bike.

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4