EOG Vocabulary
Author's Purpose
Archaic & Figurative Language
This is Not Random
Text Structure
100

The term for stating what the text is, "mainly about"

What is Main Idea

100

PASSAGE 2: Three Flower Petals

What literary element does this author use to describe the girl within the poem?

What is Imagery

100

PASSAGE 4:The Tendrils Fate

According to line 23, what can we infer "lo" means based on the context of the poem?

What is An Interjection (meaning to look, see, or behold)

100
The P.O.V when pronouns such as "he, they, or them" are used within a story 

What is 3rd Person Point of View

100

The way that poems are constructed, what poetry is organized by, a group of lines that are collected together

What is a Stanza

200

A term that classifies as the reader's feelings or emotions in response to a text

What is Mood

200

PASSAGE 1: Autumn Hue's

What is the author trying to convey of this text? (to Inform, Persuade, or Entertain) about . . . 

What is to Inform an audience about how the colors on leaves change and the process for how it occurs.

200
What figurative language is being used in the following sentence:


"Her eyes like the blue of the sky"

What is a Simile

200

The name for when a decision is made or an answer is determined AFTER reading and connecting information

What is A Conclusion

200

The order of events in chronological order, a timeline of the story

What is Sequence

300

The phrase that represents why the author wrote the passage, usually categorized to entertain, persuade, or inform an audience

What is Author's Purpose

300

Read the paragraph below. 

Many people, including some teenagers , seem to be tired all the time. The reason could be that their internal clocks are different than others. 

Is the following text using facts or opinions?

What is Opinion

300

PASSAGE 2: Three Flower Petals

What type of figurative language is being used in the line:

"Something to keep for a charm in my heart-             A little sweet girl in a garden gate,"

What is Alliteration

300

A name for when an author takes an object and uses it to represent something bigger than itself, usually a more abstract concept (Ex. freedom, love, courage)

What is Symbolism 

300
Often shown through a Venn Diagram, this aspect of text structure compares certain events' similarities and or differences

What is Compare and Contrast

400

A term that represents another label for the main character of a story, referred to as the hero 

What is Protagonist

400

PASSAGE 3:

What can we infer about the author's purpose of this text? (to Inform, Persuade, or Entertain) about. . .

What is to Inform (and Persuade) about the importance of protecting the wildlife. 

400

PASSAGE 4:The Tendrils Fate

Read the following line from "The Tendrils Fate"

"How foolish your songs!" said a lump of clay,               "What is there I ask, to prove them?"

What is Personification

400

PASSAGE 2: Three Flower Petals 

How do the details in the first stanza help convey the theme of the poem?

a. by describing the sun

b. by describing the animals

c. by describing the girls enjoyment 

d. by describing the time of the speakers flashback. 

What is C - By describing the girls enjoyment. 

Examples: 

"Laughing she may in the gold suns light"

"Laughing she lays on the stone that stands"

400

Another name for the narrator in the text, often seen in literature or poetry 

What is The Speaker

500

A dramatic effect that occurs on characters within the story or a story's plot

What is a Impact

500

PASSAGE 5:Stargazing in the Digital Age

What can we infer about the author's purpose of this text? (to Inform, Persuade, or Entertain) about. . .

What is to Persuade/Inform (about a star gazing app)

500

Read the following line from "The First American Cotton Mill" : 

"The first American Cotton Mill began operation on December 20th, 1790. The mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, had water-powered machinery for carding and spinning cotton."

What can we classify this line as ...

What is A Fact

500

This is an expression that is shared to communicate something figuratively, is not to be taken literally. 

What is an Idiom

500

They are situated at the beginning of paragraphs, usually done to inform the content that is addressed within the paragraph, common in informational texts

What is a Subheading/Subtitle