Literary Elements
More Literary/Poetry Terms
Running Towards Success
Frequently Used EOG Words
Analogies
100
Who the characters are and how they act, feel, think, look, and act
What is Characterization?
100
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.
What is alliteration?
100
What the letter "R" stands for in RUNNERS.
What is "Read the Title"?
100
This word means to convince a person to do something
What is persuade?
100
hot:cold :: top:
What is bottom?
200
The main lesson learned from the selection
What is theme?
200
Repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words.
What is Assonance?
200
This is what you should write at the top of each of your selections on the reading EOG.
What is "RUNNERS"?
200
A piece of information that supports a conclusion.
What is evidence?
200
factory : plant :: landfill : _______
What is DUMP?
300
The main problem or situation the characters face.
What is conflict?
300
The implied meaning of a word based on context.
What is Connotation?
300
The part where you underline the key words.
What is "the question"?
300
What the author states to be true.
What is author's claim?
300
hair : scissors :: grass : _______
What is lawnmower?
400
The clues the author gives the reader about things that might happen next in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Dictionary meaning of a word.
What is Denotation?
400
The second "N" in RUNNERS stands for this.
What is "Now Read"?
400
To give aid or encouragement to a specific piece of work
What is supports?
400
desert : arid :: rainforest : _______
What is humid?
500
The reason why an author wrote a particular selection
What is purpose?
500
Long narrative poem about heroic deeds.
What is an Epic?
500
The very last step in RUNNERS
What is "Select the best answer"
500
A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves
What is a phrase?
500
trio : three :: duo : _______
What is two?
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