EOC Power Verbs
Essential Academic Terms (RL/RI.1-5)
Power Vocabulary for Character, Mood, and Tone
Context Clues
General Knowledge
100
The EOC Power Verb that means to show how things are similar is called __________?
What is Compare?
100
While the central idea is what the text is mainly about, the ____________ of a text is the moral lesson or message the text conveys. What do you call this term?
What is Theme?
100
This Power Vocabulary for the mood of a story means being hopeful and confident about the future. What do you call this mood?
What is Optimistic?
100
Context clues has six types.
It has an acronym of I-D-E-A-S-S, the A stands for what?
What is Antonym?
100
In EOC, there will be certain words that contains suffixes (prefixes or root words). For the word "replay", it is combination of "re (prefix) + play (root word)". What do you mean by the prefix "re-?"
What is again?
200
This EOC Power Verb means to make it clear by giving details or reasons is called _____________?
What is Explain?
200
This Essential Academic Term means the feeling that the reader gets from the text. This is called ________?
What is Tone?
200
This Power Vocabulary for character shows being distrustful of others' motives; expecting the worst. What do you call this word?
What is Cynical?
200
This is a common strategy in understanding the meaning of a certain word in a text. In short, this are the hints found in a text. What do you call this word?
What is Context Clues?
200
In the chorus part in the song "Fireworks" by Katy Perry, it says,
" 'Cause, baby, you're my firework, Come on, show 'em what you're worth."
What figurative language has been used?
What is metaphor?
300
When you read a certain quote or phrase you have to figure out what that something means and this power verb is called __________?
What is Interpret?
300
In a text, it is important to identify the purpose of the author why he wrote the text. Name one purpose why the author write a certain text?
What are inform, persuade, entertain?
300
This particular vocabulary is for the character.
This is a description of a character that is able to recover quickly from hardship or difficulty. What do you call this word?
What is resilient?
300
Jake was excited by the tremendous monster trucks at the show. They were bigger than he had ever seen. What does tremendous probably mean?
What is very big?
300
In the word "malnourished" what do you mean by the prefix "mal- ?"
What is bad?
400
This EOC Power verb talks about figuring out something based on evidence. What do you call this term?
What is Determine
400
The word STRUCTURE is an essential academic term which is helpful in identifying how the text is organized. What type of structure is being used in the following passage?
What is Compare / contrast
400
Identify the tone of the passage:
"You think you can just walk away and be forgotten? I've seen your kind before, and I'm not going to let you escape this time. Every step you take, every breath you take, will be a reminder of the pain you've caused. You'll pay for your mistakes, and I will be the one to make sure you do."
vindictive
400
Janelle had a sore calf after the race. She rubbed her leg from the knee to the ankle. What does calf probably mean?
What is lower part of the leg?
400
One wise active-reading strategy while testing would be to summarize the ___________ of each section of the text for quick reference later one. What do you call this term?
What is central idea?
500
It refers to using clues to make an uneducated guess. What do you call this term?
What is Infer?
500
"Pain is a natural aspect of the human body that alerts us when something is amiss."
What is the author's purpose in this sentence?
What is To inform?
500
Dynamic, flat, round, foil are examples of what literary term?
What are Characters?
500
The scientist had to scrutinize the samples under a microscope to detect any tiny differences.
What do you mean by the word "scrutinize?"
What is examine?
500
These are words that go beyond the literal meaning. Examples of these words are: simile, metaphor, personification, etc. What do you call this term?
What is Figurative Language?