EOG Vocabulary
A conversation between two characters
What is dialogue?
Sometimes, in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.
What is a prepositional phrase?
He was a tornado, blazing his way through the opposing team.
What is a metaphor?
A poem where the first and last line have 5 syllables, and the middle line has 7 syllables.
What is a haiku?
They where up to there necks in work
What is: They were up to their necks in work.
The opposite of what is expected
What is irony?
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
What is a linking verb?
She was so hungry she could have eaten a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
A set of lines, or 'paragraph' in poetry.
What is a stanza?
The author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
I think women are foolish to think they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.
What is an infinitive?
The eagle wooshed past the buzzing bees.
What is Onomatopoeia?
(spelling counts)
Poetry created from taking words or passages from other sources and reframing them to create your own unique poem.
What is found (or blackout) poetry?
mr corrigan the head of the school is going to the outer banks for memorial day
What is: Mr. Corrigan, the head of the school, is going to the Outer Banks for Memorial Day.
An original source that informs directly
What is a primary source?
What you think you know about a person is only a fraction of the story.
What is an adjective?
He studies all of the time, and is a regular Einstein.
What is an allusion?
When words rhyme within one line of a poem.
What is internal rhyme?
We were not sure who past mr steves test but we all felt confidant.
What is: We were not sure who passed Mr. Steve's test, but we all felt confident.
To come to a conclusion based on detailed information, or to make an educated guess about something
What is to infer?
I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
What is a determiner?
After another goal was scored, he was ready to throw in the towel.
What is an idiom?
A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, one unstressed and one stressed syllable.
What is iambic pentameter?
the english professor shuffled her papers adjusted her glasses and started the Lecture
What is: The English professor shuffled her papers, adjusted her glasses, and started the lecture.