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EOG Common Core Vocabulary
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Subjects
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common-core
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english
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Statements of what the author believes
develops
cause and effect structure
claims
tone
2. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
claims
connotative meaning
chronology
figurative language
3. The use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic
problem and solution structure
connotative meaning
impact
author's purpose
4. How an author organizes information
text structure
integrating information
tone
approach
5. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story
supporting details
plot
pros
cause and effect structure
6. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
tone
impact
traits
integrating information
7. The 'message' of the story
theme
central idea
visual evidence
connotative meaning
8. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
tone
technical meaning
figurative language
reasons
9. A message expressing a belief about something
opinion
supporting details
resolution
impact
10. The way a story is organized
develops
autobiography
compare and contrast structure
story structure
11. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
summary
conflict
capture
inference
12. Provided by the writer to support his claims
revealed
reasons
develops
oppose
13. Memories that are written down
revealed
claims
reasons
memoir
14. Conversation between characters
traits
dialogue
claims
approach
15. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject
conflict
crafts
memoir
problem and solution structure
16. Characteristics that are inherited
autobiography
traits
attitude
chronology
17. Come into contact and make a change
impact
author's point of view
develops
cons
18. The person who tells the story
mood
develops
narrator
experiences
19. Evidence that one can see from a diagram - illustration or picture related to a topic
visual evidence
attitude
integrating information
most accurately
20. To take into control - in literary terms - to be able to help the reader understand something in the text
develops
capture
pros
supporting details
21. A style of writing such as poetry - drama - fantasy - historical fiction - etc.
develops
narrator
conflict
genre
22. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail
contribute
autobiography
summary
inference
23. Bad reasons for why something is done
cons
integrating information
context
figurative meaning
24. A reason for or against something
cons
reasons
compare and contrast structure
argument
25. Used to explain why thing results from another
author's point of view
opinion
cause and effect structure
experiences
26. Story of a person's life written by another person
argument
biography
attitude
crafts
27. To make visible - to make clear
anecdote
compare and contrast structure
crafts
develops
28. When the words mean something other than what they say.
autobiography
story structure
figurative meaning
text structure
29. Adding details to support the text
reasons
technical meaning
chronology
contribute
30. Story of a person's life written by that person
anecdote
effect
autobiography
pros
31. The 'message' of the story
theme
argument
effect
attitude
32. Present a problem and solve it
contribute
problem and solution structure
conveys
biography
33. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
cause and effect structure
claims
oppose
memoir
34. Provided by the writer to support his claims
reasons
biography
inference
text structure
35. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
evidence
technical meaning
inference
plot
36. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
conflict
tone
opinion
autobiography
37. Bad reasons for why something is done
inference
memoir
oppose
cons
38. Information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs
integrating information
revealed
evidence
chronology
39. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
anecdote
role
dialogue
argument
40. Finding a solution to a problem
summary
inference
argument
resolution
41. Story of a person's life written by another person
inference
claims
inference
biography
42. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
mood
most accurately
figurative meaning
problem and solution structure
43. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail
summary
experiences
narrator
memoir
44. Memories that are written down
tone
memoir
figurative language
conflict
45. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
revealed
crafts
opinion
role
46. Why the author wrote the story
47. Begin to deal with
approach
reasons
genre
author's purpose
48. A structure of text in a specific order of events
central idea
chronology
pros
develops
49. To get a point across or to show
problem and solution structure
figurative language
dialogue
conveys
50. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
dialogue
role
tone
supporting details