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Vocab EOG
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The person who wrote the story, article, play, drame, or other selection
What is AUTHOR?
100
What a story or selection is about; the BIG idea
What is MAIN IDEA?
100
A phrase, such as a simile or a metaphor, which gives added color to a piece of writing
What is FIGURE OF SPEECH?
100

Explain

To make an idea clear

100

Summarize

To state the main points

200
The reason why an author wrote something such as for entertainment, to inform, or to persuade
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
200
A piece of information, usually specific, that relates to and supports the main idea
What is a DETAIL?
200
The feeling created by a story
What is MOOD?
200

Opinion

A view or judgement

200

Infer

To make a guess based on the clues given around passage

300
a name for the writer of poetry
What is SPEAKER?
300
Information in a sentence that identifies the meaning of a word or group of words
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
300
A guess as to what will happen next based on the last details of the selection
What is PREDICTION?
300

Impact

How something is powerfully affected or influenced

300

Define

To explain or Identify

400
a type of non-fiction written by one person about his or her own life
What is AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
400
An overall opinion the reader forms after reading a selection
What is CONCLUSION?
400
A process in which the readers look for qualieis that are different
What is CONTRAST?
400

Apply

Bring a concept to an experience

400

Emphasize

Give special importance

500
The people or animals that are part of a story
What are CHARACTERS?
500
The main lesson of a story usually states in a character's words or quotes
What is THEME?
500
To complete a task using a step-by-step process
What is FOLLOW DIRECTIONS?
500

Influence

 the ability to persuade someone to think or act in the way you want

500

Selection

A specific reading passage