Figurative Language
Writing
Layout of the EOC
Vocabulary
100

This piece of figurative language can be seen here: It was as cold as an ice cube.

What is a simile?

100

This is the number of constructed responses you are required to write on the English II EOC.

What is 4?

100

This is the number of poems on the English II EOC.

What is one?

100

This persuasive tool uses emotions to appeal to the audience.

Ex: You are super smart and amazing kids! I know you will excel in your EOC! 

What is pathos?

200

"Behind him, sitting on a pile of scrap and rubble, was the blue kite. My key to Baba's heart"

(Kite Runner)

Is an example of which figurative language term?

What is a metaphor?

200

You must use/include this to support your answers in your constructed responses.

What is textual evidence or citation.

200

This is the number of non-fiction passages on the English II EOC.

What is four?

200

This persuasive tool uses statistics and logical reasoning to persuade audience.

What is logos?

300

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly, there came a tapping" (The Raven)


Is an example of which figurative language term?

What is alliteration?

300

This is the format you should follow when you write your constructed responses.

What is the A.C.E.S method (Answer, Cite, Explain Summarize)?

300

This is the number of fictional passages on the English II EOC.

What is 2?

300

In your English II EOC constructed responses, you should not weigh your essay down with too many examples.

How many examples should you include?

What is no more than 2 examples?

400

What controls the reader's emotional response and show how the author feels?

What is tone?

400

You must restate this in you ANSWER to gain full points.

What is the question (prompt).

400

How many questions are on the NC English 2 EOC?  

There are 60 questions on the English II EOC.

400

The universal message or insight to life revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?

This persuasive tool uses authority, experience and credibility to persuade an audience.

What is THEME?

What is ETHOS?

500

Not everything is said directly in the text. You may need to make an...

This is a conclusion based on evidence and prior knowledge.

What is an inference?

500

For the constructed response, you should find a claim (a statement) made by the author and state if the claim is strong or weak (A). Find a line to support If the claim is strong/weak (C). Explain that the claim/argument has pathos, ethos, logos or that the evidence supports the claim (E). Restate your A (S).

Evaluate an argument made by the writer...

500

This is the average length of a passage.  (Pages)

What is five pages pages?

500

Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: in Night,

Darkness and night represent a world without God's presence.

What is symbolism?