Figurative Language
EOG Vocab Part I
Test Taking Strategies
Literary Terms
EOG Vocab Part II
100
A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
100
To show, communicate, or explain
What is "to convey"?
100
Getting rid of wrong answers in multiple choice questions
What is eliminate/process of elimination?
100
The series of most important events in a fiction text
What is plot?
100
The shared meaning of "convey" and "describe."
What is to explain?
200
A comparison between two things WITHOUT “like” or “as”
What is a metaphor?
200
What you call the text that you are answering questions about
What is the selection or passage?
200
The feeling of a word (positive, neutral, or negative) that you can use to figure out a word's meaning
What is connotation?
200
The narrator’s perspective, or how he/she sees things: can be 1st person, 3rd person-limited, or 3rd person-omniscient
What is point of view?
200
A word that means "to continue to explain" or "to gradually explain in more detail"
What is "develop," "unfold," or "further" ?
300
Some examples include “crash,” “whack,” and “boom”
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
To explain or continue to show. A synonym might be "further" or "unfold."
What is "to develop"?
300
A strategy to do so you know what you’re looking for before you read the passage
What is reading the questions first?
300
The words the author chooses to use, also known as “word choice”
What is diction?
300
Two words: one means "related" and one means "unrelated."
What is "relevant and irrelevant"?
400
An exaggeration used to emphasize a point
What is a hyperbole?
400
To “figure out” using the text and background knowledge. (Remember our annotation that begins "I figured out..."?)
What is "to infer"?
400
A strategy in which you use the passage to prove your answers are correct
What is highlighting/underlining the answers?
400
The life lesson of the story or the author’s message to readers
What is theme?
400
Two words: one means "enough" and one means "not enough."
What is "sufficient and insufficient"?
500
An example includes: “The flower reached its arms toward the sun.”
What is personification?
500
“Enough,” especially in the context of providing enough evidence.
What is sufficient?
500
What you do when a question references a part of the passage
What is to reread the passage?
500
The atmosphere or vibe of a text, or “reader’s feelings + characters’ feelings”
What is mood?
500
The author's opinion, stance, or claim.
What is the author's position?
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