EOG Vocabulary
The repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written.
What is a quote?
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by
directly stating that one is the other.
What is a metaphor?
Telling a quiet group, "don't speak all at once."
What is verbal irony?
The real-world life lesson that the text teaches the reader.
What is the theme?
The repeating of certain words, sounds, or phrases.
What is repetition?
Facts, statements, specifics, and examples that clarify, explain, and describe the central idea.
What are supporting details?
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings or traits.
What is personification?
A fire station burns down.
What is situational irony?
A part of a story that brings the reader back to something that happened in the past.
What is a flashback?
A group of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph in a story.
What is a stanza?
A conclusion that is made by a reader using evidence from a text combined with the reader’s background knowledge.
What is an inference?
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things
using like or as.
What is a simile?
Stating during a thunderstorm, “beautiful weather we’re having.”
What is verbal irony?
The reason for or intent in writing a text. (persuade, entertain, inform, explain, describe)
What is the Author's purpose?
A type of poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
The belief, opinion, or argument that the author of a
text is claiming or proving.
What is the claim or central idea?
A boldly overstated or exaggerated statement.
What is hyperbole?
The reader/viewer is aware of a superhero’s true identity but the other characters are not.
What is dramatic irony?
Hints the author gives the reader about something that might happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
Words that are meant to connect with the reader’s sense of smell, sight, taste, sound, and touch.
What is sensory language?
A retelling of the main events in a text in a shorter version.
What is a summary?
A literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.
What is imagery?
A character in a horror film hides in a closet where the killer just went!
What is dramatic irony?
The perspective from which a story is written.
What is the point of view?
Something that stands for or represents something else.
What is a symbol?