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EOG Terms
100
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
100
The true story of a person's life written by someone other than that person.
What is a biography?
100
A poem that has 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the 2nd 7, and the 3rd 5.
What is a haiku?
100
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Using what you already know to make a logical statement about what might happen in the future.
What is predicting?
200
The turning or most exciting part of a story's action.
What is climax?
200
The writer's attitude towards his or her subject.
What is tone?
200
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
200
Words whose sounds suggest their meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Using the facts from the reading to make a logical guess.
What is inferencing?
300
The way a story makes the reader feel.
What is mood?
300
A story about a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
300
The narrator of a poem.
What is the speaker?
300
A comparison of two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
300
Finding the similarities between two concepts or selections.
What is comaparing?
400
The use of clues to prepare the reader for future development in a work of literature.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Labels for sections of a nonfiction selection.
What are subheadings?
400
Poetry that is silly or humourous.
What is light verse?
400
Words that appeal to a reader's senses.
What is imagery?
400
Finding the differences between two concepts or selections.
What is contrasting?
500
The message or lesson a story gives to the reader.
What is theme?
500
Additional information that the author provides about his or her topic.
What is background information?
500
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
500
Imaginative language used for effect that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
500
Details that uphold the main idea of a selection.
What are supporting details?