EOC Format
The total number of sections on the American Literature EOC.
What are 3 total sections?
This is a character who stays the same and does not change over the course of a story.
What is a static character?
The sequence of events in a literary work?
What is the plot?
This is the term for a word that substitutes for a noun (such as you or I)
What is a pronoun?
In this section, you will write either an informational or argumentative essay.
What is section 1?
This is what the main character is called in a story.
What is the protagonist?
This is the part of the story where the conflict is at its greatest.
In this type of writing your have a narrator, plot, conflict, and theme.
What is narrative writing?
These two components are necessary to form a complete sentence
What are a subject and a verb?
True or False: You will write a narrative in section 2 or 3 of the EOC?
What is TRUE.
This is a former of characterization in which you have to infer the traits of a character. In other words, the author does NOT directly tell you the traits of the character.
What is indirect characterization?
What is first person point of view?
In an essay, this is the last sentence of your introductory paragraph and it states your claim and reasons.
What is a thesis statement?
This creates a common grammatical pattern throughout a sentence, and it typically involves matching verb tenses, phrases, or other constructions.
What is parallel structure?
The EOC counts this percentage of your grade?
What is 20%?
This is the character or force that is in conflict with the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
There are three type of this, and it is when something is different than it is supposed to be or thought to be.
What is irony?
In an essay, you should use this to engage your reader and make them want to read your paper.
What is a hook?
This term describes a sentence error where a comma is place between to independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.
What is a comma splice?
What type of writing carries the most weight in the scoring of the EOC?
What is the essay?
This type of character has many character traits AND undergoes significant changes. This uses TWO terms!
What is a round and dynamic character?
In this point of view, the narrator is an outsider who knows and sees all things.
What is third person omniscient?
An essay written solely for informative purposes.
What is an informational/expository essay?
Punctuate the following sentences correctly.
Anna the woman from Canada is bilingual however Jean Pierre her friend from France only speaks French. Therefore the two can only communicate in French but Jean Pierre practices his English with Anna because he desires to be bilingual.
Anna, the woman from Canada, is bilingual; however, Jean Pierre, her friend from France, only speaks French. Therefore, the two can only communicate in French, but Jean Pierre practices his English with Anna because he desires to be bilingual.