Figurative Language
This piece of figurative language can be seen here: It was as cold as an ice cube.
What is a simile?
This is the number of constructed responses you are required to write on the English II EOC.
What is 4?
This is the number of poems on the English II EOC.
What is one?
What type of irony is this?
Saying one thing but meaning the opposite.
Ex: After flunking an exam; "Perfect. This is just what I needed for my grade".
What is verbal irony?
The NC English II EOC is this percentage of your semester grade.
What is 20%?
"Behind him, sitting on a pile of scrap and rubble, was the blue kite. My key to Baba's heart"
(Kite Runner)
Is an example of which figurative language term?
What is a metaphor?
You must use/include this to support your answers in your constructed responses.
What is textual evidence.
This is the number of non-fiction passages on the English II EOC.
What is four?
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom," is an example of what literary term?
What is hyperbole?
What should you NOT do on the EOC?
What is go back to double check your answers?
It sounds odd, but your answers will be better when the passage is fresh in your mind. As you take the test, eliminate wrong answers then go with your gut!
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly, there came a tapping" (The Raven)
Is an example of which figurative language term?
What is alliteration?
This is the format you should follow when you write your constructed responses.
What is the R.A.C.E. method (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain)?
This is the number of fictional passages on the English II EOC.
What is 2?
In your English II EOC constructed responses, you should not weigh your essay down with too many examples.
How many examples should you include?
What is no more than 2 examples?
This is the day and date of your English II EOC exam.
What is Monday, June 2 (B1)?
What is Tuesday, June 3 (B2)?
What is Wednesday, June 4 (B3)?
What controls the reader's emotional response that reflects the author's purpose?
What is tone?
You must restate this to gain full points.
What is the question (prompt).
How many questions are on the NC English 2 EOC?
There are 60 questions on the English II EOC.
The central message or insight to life revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?
What is THEME?
The NC English II EOC limits your constructed responses to how many characters?
What is 1,000 or less.
Not everything is said directly in the text. You may need to make an...
This is a conclusion based on evidence and understanding.
What is an inference?
For the constructed response, these are the two things you are being graded on. (50%/50%)
What are evidence and understanding?
This is the average length of a passage. (Pages)
What is five pages pages?
Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: in Night,
Darkness and night represent a world without God's presence.
What is symbolism?
What is a passing score for the EOC?
Who is a 77%?