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EOG Common Core Vocabulary
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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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1. The reasons that cause characters to act as they do
integrating information
visual evidence
supporting details
motivation
2. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
claims
role
connotative meaning
conveys
3. To take into control - in literary terms - to be able to help the reader understand something in the text
pros
impact
capture
memoir
4. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
conveys
inference
cons
context
5. The circumstances in which something occurs
context
opinion
theme
most accurately
6. Things that have happened in a person's life.
experiences
summary
connotative meaning
opinion
7. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
author's purpose
summary
figurative language
biography
8. Author's feelings about a topic
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9. To get a point across or to show
connotative meaning
memoir
conveys
mood
10. The circumstances in which something occurs
visual evidence
context
narrator
memoir
11. To get a point across or to show
conveys
motivation
connotative meaning
inference
12. Why the author wrote the story
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13. Words from the text to that support your ideas/answers.
visual evidence
dialogue
text evidence
experiences
14. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
mood
develops
genre
oppose
15. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
figurative meaning
inference
tone
cons
16. Used to explain why thing results from another
conflict
cause and effect structure
experiences
context
17. Author's feelings about a topic
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18. How an author organizes information
text structure
summary
theme
tone
19. A message expressing a belief about something
chronology
opinion
oppose
conveys
20. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story
plot
inference
text evidence
traits
21. Adding details to support the text
oppose
contribute
resolution
oppose
22. How an author organizes information
autobiography
opinion
text structure
claims
23. Come into contact and make a change
impact
plot
structure
conflict
24. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome
anecdote
attitude
argument
conflict
25. Relating to a particular subject - topic - or craft
memoir
technical meaning
integrating information
supporting details
26. The most important point the author is trying to get across
plot
conveys
mood
central idea
27. Story of a person's life written by that person
autobiography
author's point of view
chronology
figurative language
28. When the words mean something other than what they say.
impact
evidence
claims
figurative meaning
29. A reason for or against something
reasons
most accurately
conflict
argument
30. The most correct way
conveys
opinion
argument
most accurately
31. The most correct way
most accurately
text evidence
approach
evidence
32. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject
technical meaning
theme
visual evidence
crafts
33. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
figurative meaning
chronology
integrating information
cons
34. Memories that are written down
mood
memoir
narrator
inference
35. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
role
figurative language
oppose
narrator
36. Information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs
memoir
anecdote
evidence
attitude
37. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail
text structure
summary
conveys
tone
38. Good reasons for why something is done
claims
narrator
pros
theme
39. Story of a person's life written by that person
autobiography
argument
biography
visual evidence
40. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
mood
author's purpose
biography
revealed
41. How characters think - act or feel
attitude
text evidence
claims
supporting details
42. A message expressing a belief about something
pros
supporting details
problem and solution structure
opinion
43. The movement of greatest suspense - surprise - or excitement
structure
climax
anecdote
opinion
44. The way a story is organized
climax
author's point of view
story structure
impact
45. The 'message' of the story
claims
mood
theme
conveys
46. Characteristics that are inherited
chronology
text structure
claims
traits
47. Conversation between characters
chronology
compare and contrast structure
dialogue
effect
48. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
author's purpose
attitude
claims
oppose
49. The use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic
cons
structure
text evidence
connotative meaning
50. Bad reasons for why something is done
cons
capture
author's point of view
biography