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Important Terms
Context Clues
EOG Verbs
Poetry Meaning
Peak
100
A direct quote from the reading selection used to support your statement
What is text evidence?
100
My great-grandfather was a strict Roman Catholic who considered any criticism of Mother Teresa to be sacrilegious. ? sacrilegious
What is against religion or something sacred?
100
To make an educated guess using prior knowledge and clues from the text.
What is infer?
100
The Kite: This odd bird with wings always outstretched/ spends most of the time sleeping in my garage.
What is the kite is not often used?
100
The setting of the novel.
What is Mt. Everest?
200
The author’s belief in an argumentative text
What is claim?
200
"At this juncture in the editing process," said Philip, "it is important that all facts have been double-checked and sources verified."  juncture
What is a time, connection, or moment of joining?
200
To make note of similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
200
The fog comes in/ on little cat feet
What is the fog enters quickly and silently?
200
The people who guide westerners up Mt. Everest.
What are Sherpas?
300
A brief statement of only the main point of a text
What is a summary?
300
It's inevitable that two people living in the same house will fight occasionally. inevitable
What is unable to be avoided?
300
to convey
What is tell or express?
300
Only one copy of me/ and nobody can get a second one/ from a photocopy machine
What is I am unique/ I am an individual?
300
An example of Zopa's omniscience.
What is predicting weather? or What is predicting Peak letting Sun-Jo summit?
400
Individual items that build on the central idea(s) of a passage
What are supporting details?
400
A careful analysis of the “Nutrition Facts” panels might provide some guidance, but you would have to do a lot of math before you could discern the best choice. discern
What is to choose, understand, or determine?
400
When the author gives clues or hints about what will happen in the future.
What is foreshadow?
400
Dot dot dot dot dot dot/ Spotting the windowpane/ Spack a spack speck flick a flack fleck/ Freckling the windowpane
What is it's raining?
400
Peak's reason for letting Sun-Jo summit first.
What is Sun-Jo's need to support his family?
500
The overall message of a literary work
What is theme?
500
After driving for 10 hours with the events of the past few days running repeatedly through her mind, Elyse was looking forward to the oblivion of sleep.  oblivion
What is to be unaware?
500
To lead a reader to believe a specific claim.
What is persuade?
500
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,/ Went envying her and me:-/ Yes! That was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea)/ That the wind came out of the cloud, chilling/ And killing my Annabel Lee.
What is the speaker blames the angels for the death of his girlfriend?
500
Mom's advice for successful climbing.
What is being selfish?