EOG New Vocabulary
This word means to come up with an idea or a plan.
What is formulate?
The dominant impression or the universal, generic truth found in informational text (aka non-fiction)-similar to the theme in fiction
What is central idea?
Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and are not meant to be understood on a literal level.
What is metaphor?
Two lines of a poem that have the same rhyme.
What is couplet?
Using neutral facts/ “0” opinion
What is objective?
To come to a conclusion based on detailed information or to make an educated guess.
What is infer?
The process by which an author reveals the personality of a character.
What is characterization?
Giving human qualities to animals objects or ideas.
What is personification?
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem/like a paragraph of a poem.
What is a stanza?
How the text is setup.
What is structure?
To separate something into parts to understand how all the parts make sense as a whole.
What is analyze?
Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and are not meant to be understood on a literal level.
What is figurative language?
Makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like or as.
What is simile?
The rhythmic measure of a line.
What is meter?
The vantage point from which a writer tells a story
What is point of view?
This means you are asked to determine the value or quality of given information.
What is evaluate?
The lesson learned or literary insight gained from a text
What is theme?
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is symbolisim?
The beat and movement of language (rise and fall, repetition and variation, change of pitch, mix of syllables, melody of words).
What is rhythm?
The attitude that the author or speaker takes in a text.
What is tone?
Telling a story while leaving all the details out – you focus only on the main points
What is summarize?
The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
What is setting?
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another.
What is alliteration?
Words that sound alike, especially words that end in the same sound.
What is rhyme?
The atmosphere in a text accomplished by describing the setting.
What is mood?