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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. Details that support the main idea.
crafts
supporting details
context
author's purpose
2. When the words mean something other than what they say.
approach
cause and effect structure
theme
figurative meaning
3. Words from the text to that support your ideas/answers.
theme
approach
text evidence
impact
4. A structure of text in a specific order of events
plot
technical meaning
climax
chronology
5. Good reasons for why something is done
traits
evidence
pros
motivation
6. How an author organizes information
cons
text structure
author's point of view
effect
7. A reason for or against something
context
cons
conveys
argument
8. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
text structure
technical meaning
figurative language
contribute
9. Good reasons for why something is done
supporting details
supporting details
pros
revealed
10. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
conveys
motivation
context
inference
11. When the words mean something other than what they say.
revealed
figurative meaning
genre
connotative meaning
12. Present a problem and solve it
cons
problem and solution structure
figurative language
opinion
13. Details that support the main idea.
supporting details
context
opinion
text evidence
14. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story
experiences
autobiography
plot
biography
15. A message expressing a belief about something
autobiography
story structure
opinion
pros
16. To make visible - to make clear
dialogue
theme
develops
integrating information
17. Provided by the writer to support his claims
role
reasons
conveys
author's purpose
18. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
supporting details
oppose
opinion
inference
19. The movement of greatest suspense - surprise - or excitement
mood
problem and solution structure
climax
autobiography
20. Finding a solution to a problem
dialogue
resolution
climax
impact
21. The circumstances in which something occurs
autobiography
technical meaning
context
connotative meaning
22. The use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic
figurative meaning
text evidence
connotative meaning
summary
23. Information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs
visual evidence
evidence
conveys
reasons
24. To get a point across or to show
anecdote
conveys
context
tone
25. Memories that are written down
opinion
memoir
impact
capture
26. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject
integrating information
figurative meaning
crafts
narrator
27. Author's feelings about a topic
28. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
impact
figurative language
compare and contrast structure
plot
29. A style of writing such as poetry - drama - fantasy - historical fiction - etc.
conflict
revealed
autobiography
genre
30. Why the author wrote the story
31. How characters think - act or feel
attitude
mood
supporting details
conveys
32. The reasons that cause characters to act as they do
attitude
central idea
opinion
motivation
33. Story of a person's life written by that person
mood
autobiography
develops
chronology
34. Things that have happened in a person's life.
chronology
effect
narrator
experiences
35. Come into contact and make a change
impact
summary
visual evidence
figurative language
36. Framework author chooses for a text
connotative meaning
structure
integrating information
integrating information
37. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
tone
role
effect
narrator
38. Bad reasons for why something is done
cons
plot
most accurately
text evidence
39. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
effect
narrator
reasons
anecdote
40. Story of a person's life written by that person
tone
structure
autobiography
text structure
41. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
anecdote
mood
conflict
most accurately
42. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
text structure
story structure
tone
reasons
43. To get a point across or to show
effect
argument
conveys
theme
44. Evidence that one can see from a diagram - illustration or picture related to a topic
visual evidence
text structure
crafts
genre
45. Story of a person's life written by another person
role
develops
biography
conflict
46. A message expressing a belief about something
impact
opinion
climax
argument
47. The most correct way
most accurately
memoir
plot
theme
48. Statements of what the author believes
story structure
resolution
plot
claims
49. A reason for or against something
argument
visual evidence
cause and effect structure
crafts
50. The way a story is organized
story structure
opinion
figurative meaning
cause and effect structure