Figurative Language
The bow shyly as wet swans.
What is a simile?
One sentence that lets the reader know what your essay is about.
What is the thesis statement?
This is the number of essays you are required to write on the English II EOC.
What is 1 essay?
The amount of time you have to take the English II EOC.
What is 5 hours?
The number of reading texts and multiple choice questions you should focus on at a time?
What is one at a time?
"Well, son, I'll tell you
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"
("Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes)
Is an example of which figurative language term?
What is a metaphor?
The thesis statement can found in.....
What is the introduction?
The type of essay found on the English II EOC.
What is persuasive?
This part of the EOC test focuses on correcting capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.
What is editing?
This book can be used throughout the ENTIRE English II EOC.
What is a dictionary?
"Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no colour in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere." (1984 by George Orwell)
Is an example of which figurative language term?
What is imagery?
In a persuasive essay, your thesis statement should....
What is state your position?
You should include these in your essay to make your argument stronger.
What are H.E.L.P examples?
Non-fiction texts that are on the English II EOC are often called this.
What is informational?
In your English II EOC persuasive essay, you should not weigh your essay down with too many examples.
How many examples should you include?
What is no more than 2 examples?
What controls the reader's emotional response that reflects the author's purpose?
What is tone?
This cannot be answered by your reader, and should not be used as your thesis statement.
What is a rhetorical question?
This type of sentence can connect your examples.
What is a transition sentence?
Poems, stories, and plays are these types of texts on the English II EOC.
What is literary or fictional?
This type of question that asks the reader to check certain lines or passages.
What is a location question?
Not everything is said directly in the text. You may need to make an...
What is an inference?
A thesis statement with more than one idea is....
What is bifurcated?
This is the end of your persuasive essay.
What is called to action?
This part of the EOC test focuses on correcting content errors.
What is revising?
This habit while taking the English II EOC will help you do better, understand the questions being asked, and can help you pass.
What is carefully reading the texts?