Writing Terms
Literary Time Periods
Literary Terms
Literary Terms 2
EOC details
100

This is the main idea of one's essay

What is the thesis? 

100

This is the literary time period we are living in now

What is contemporary or post-modern? 

100

This is the term for indicating what will happen in the future

What is foreshadowing? 

100

This is a comparison that uses like or as

What is a simile? 

100

This is how many days your American Lit EOC lasts.

What is two? 

200

This paragraph only belongs in an argumentative essay

What is a counterclaim? 

200
This time period was marked by religious fervor

What is the puritanical period? 

200

This comes in first person and various forms of third person

What is point of view?

200

This occurs when the audience knows something that a character doesn't know.

What is dramatic irony? 

200

You will do answer these THREE types of writing questions on your EOC.

Hint: You will write either informational or argumentative essay, not both. 

What is SCR, Narrative, and Essay

300

This is what it's called to give credit to the original writer when you quote something.

What is to cite evidence? 

300

This literary period emphasized the everyday struggles of real people.

What is realism? 

300

This is a comparison between two things extended throughout a long period of time

What is an extended metaphor? 

300

This is language that appeals to the five senses.

What is imagery? 

300

There are this many items on the American Lit EOC. 

What is 51?  

400

This is a type of writing that tells a story

What is a narrative? 

400

This period of time occurs after World War I but before the 1950's

What is modernism?

400

This refers to the author's attitude toward their subject

What is tone? 

400

This is a reference to something from another text/work of art/history.

What is an allusion? 

400

Questions about author's style are asking you to discuss this. 

HINT: This can be summarized in two words. 

What are diction and syntax choices? 

500

It is important for a writer to establish this. This is essential to establishing ethos

What is credibility? 

500
This period of time features the transcendentalists. 

What is romanticsm? 

500

This refers to the word choices a writer uses

What is diction?

500

This refers to the manner in which sentences are composed.

What is syntax? 

500
No matter what your grade is, there is a benefit to making a 3 or 4 on the EOC.  This is the benefit for those with a B or C. 

What is a one grade boost?