EOG Strategies
Poetry
EOG Strategies Part 2
Genres
Vocabulary
100
What is it called when you find things that are alike and different?
compare and contrast
100
What is poetry seperated in?
stanzas
100
What is another way of saying the main idea?
the title
100
What is a piece of literature that is made up but it could be real?
realistic fiction
100
What is the reason that an author writes a story?
author's purpose
200
What is it called when you look for clues about a passage and make a guess about what you read?
predict
200
What is it called when you picture in your mind the objects the writers descibes?
visualize
200
What are the little things in the story?
the details
200
What is a piece of literature that has real facts and real photos?
nonfiction
200
What is people, places, things, and events that could not exist in real life?
make-believe
300
What is information you already know?
prior knowledge
300
What is this an example of? He shook like a leaf?
A simile
300
What is it called when you look over the passage quickly to find the answer after you have read the story?
skim or scan
300
What is a piece of literature that has stanzas and lines that may or may not ryhme?
poetry
300
What does it mean to stop someone from doing something?
ban
400
What is it called when you put things in order in which things happen?
sequence
400
What is this an example of? My dog is Carowinds.
metaphor
400
What is called when you express the main ideas in your own words?
summarize
400
What is a piece of literature that tells you how to cook something step by step?
recipes
400
What is strange?
outlandish
500
What is a word or phrase that a reader can use to figure out the meanings of new words?
context clues
500
What is this an example of. I jumped out of my skin.
hyperbole
500
What is a judgement that you form based on what you read? It is something that the author wants you to understand but does not tell you up front.
a conclusion
500
What is a piece of literature that tells you steps to help you make something or follow a plan?
how to's
500
What is to crash into something?
collide
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