EOC Terms to Know
The Difficult EOC Terms
Name That Figurative Language
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This Week's Words
100
The problem of the literary work
What is conflict?
100
A reference to something outside of the text
What is Allusion?
100
"It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped, And whirr when it stood still. I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will."
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
False bravery
What is Bravado?
100
Someone who takes advantage of others
What is an opportunist?
200
The turning point of the story.
What is climax?
200
The attitude of the audience
What is mood?
200
"Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food."
What is Metaphor?
200
A fanatic
What is a Zealot?
200
To argue over something stupid
What is Bicker?
300
This point of view uses the pronouns "he," "she," and "it." It allows the audience to see everyone's perspective.
What is Third Person Omniscient?
300
"Good men are gruff and grumpy, cranky, crabbed, and cross."
What is Alliteration?
300
"A man can have a belly you could house commercial aircraft in and a grand total of eight greasy strands of hair, which he grows real long and combs across the top of his head so that he looks, when viewed from above, like an egg in the grasp of a giant spider, plus this man can have B.O. to the point where he interferes with radio transmissions, and he will still be convinced that, in terms of attractiveness, he is borderline Don Johnson."
What is Hyperbole or Allusion?
300
This word means "perfectly clean."
What is Immaculate?
300
This word describes a child who is advanced.
What is Precocious?
400
The main idea
What is Theme?
400
This point of view uses pronouns like "you."
What is Second Person?
400
"Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now."
What is Pun?
400
This is the ability to understand what someone else is going through.
What is Empathy?
400
This word describes the ability to bounce back.
What is Resilient?
500
This word means painting pictures with words.
What is Imagery?
500
The repetition of the vowel sounds
What is Assonance?
500
"They crossed another yard, where hulks of obsolete machinery crouched, bleeding rust into their blankets of snow"
What is Personification?
500
This word means to send back as in to send back a prisoner.
What is Remand?
500
This word means "by one's own will."
What is Volition?
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