About the EOC
Literary Terms
RACES Strategy
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Power Verbs
100

The total number of questions on the EOC

What is 60?

100

anything that students can read, write, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more

What is a text?

100

The R in RACES stands for...

What is:

Restate the question?

100

an assertion(s) of the truth of something, often a value statement; generally, an author uses evidence to support the assertion of truth

What is a claim?

100

tell the difference between two or things

contrast

200

Short answer questions on the exam are called

What is constructed response?

200

the sequence of events in a story, play, movie, etc.

What is plot?

200

The A in RACES stands for...

What is: 

Answer the question?

200

a brief account of a text’s central or main points, themes, or ideas that is free of bias, prejudice, and personal opinion and does not incorporate outside information

What is a summary?

200

create a picture in words that tells what something looks like or what is happening; tell about in detail

What is describe?

300

The are the most important things to bring on test day are...

What are your charged Chromebook and charger?

300

an attitude toward or outlook on something

What is perspective?

300

The missing word: 

C____ evidence

What is:

Cite?

300

a conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence

What is an inference?

300

to act in such a manner as to influence another

interact

400

The possible achievement levels on the exam are not proficient, 3, 4, and this.

What is 5?

400

the subject or underlying meaning that a literary text directly or indirectly explains, develops, and/or explores

What is theme?

400

The missing word: 

E______ evidence

What is: 

Explain?

400

the unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate

What is central idea?

400

to critically examine the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole

analyze

500

The percentage of your final grade the exam counts

What is 20%?

500

the attitude an author takes toward the subject or topic of a text, generally revealed through word choice, perspective, or point of view

What is tone?

500

The S in RACES stands for...

What is:

Summarize?

500

language (or the art of using language) designed to be persuasive or effective in supporting a claim such that readers or listeners come to agree with the claim, often making use of figurative, sensory, and evocative language; an element of a large literary work that is particularly designed to have a persuasive or emotional impact

What is rhetoric?

500

to determine quality or value after careful analysis or investigation

evaluate