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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. Good reasons for why something is done
pros
cons
connotative meaning
impact
2. Bad reasons for why something is done
cons
traits
experiences
structure
3. The person who tells the story
narrator
claims
connotative meaning
contribute
4. To take into control - in literary terms - to be able to help the reader understand something in the text
supporting details
integrating information
tone
capture
5. Memories that are written down
connotative meaning
memoir
anecdote
argument
6. The most correct way
context
inference
problem and solution structure
most accurately
7. When the words mean something other than what they say.
role
central idea
role
figurative meaning
8. How characters think - act or feel
inference
central idea
attitude
pros
9. Adding details to support the text
contribute
approach
biography
opinion
10. Words from the text to that support your ideas/answers.
connotative meaning
text evidence
anecdote
visual evidence
11. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome
context
mood
conflict
problem and solution structure
12. The circumstances in which something occurs
develops
context
most accurately
central idea
13. The reasons that cause characters to act as they do
motivation
climax
experiences
context
14. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
conflict
technical meaning
genre
mood
15. Story of a person's life written by another person
text evidence
biography
attitude
problem and solution structure
16. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
theme
figurative language
integrating information
opinion
17. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
oppose
inference
integrating information
most accurately
18. The reasons that cause characters to act as they do
memoir
dialogue
figurative language
motivation
19. How an author organizes information
text structure
experiences
traits
plot
20. Conversation between characters
resolution
dialogue
structure
narrator
21. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
capture
reasons
oppose
supporting details
22. Begin to deal with
approach
conflict
compare and contrast structure
author's purpose
23. A message expressing a belief about something
technical meaning
plot
central idea
opinion
24. A style of writing such as poetry - drama - fantasy - historical fiction - etc.
develops
genre
tone
structure
25. The most important point the author is trying to get across
effect
central idea
traits
crafts
26. Memories that are written down
memoir
opinion
cons
approach
27. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome
conflict
attitude
traits
memoir
28. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
visual evidence
cons
autobiography
inference
29. Provided by the writer to support his claims
crafts
memoir
biography
reasons
30. The 'message' of the story
conveys
effect
biography
theme
31. When the words mean something other than what they say.
figurative meaning
author's point of view
theme
author's purpose
32. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
problem and solution structure
autobiography
integrating information
figurative language
33. Author's feelings about a topic
34. Words from the text to that support your ideas/answers.
figurative language
reasons
compare and contrast structure
text evidence
35. Framework author chooses for a text
author's point of view
structure
effect
cause and effect structure
36. Details that support the main idea.
oppose
supporting details
develops
context
37. Present a problem and solve it
resolution
attitude
problem and solution structure
summary
38. To take into control - in literary terms - to be able to help the reader understand something in the text
cause and effect structure
capture
supporting details
conveys
39. Relating to a particular subject - topic - or craft
experiences
technical meaning
inference
approach
40. A reason for or against something
technical meaning
argument
integrating information
summary
41. Story of a person's life written by that person
most accurately
author's purpose
autobiography
develops
42. Present a problem and solve it
opinion
theme
integrating information
problem and solution structure
43. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
revealed
integrating information
cause and effect structure
capture
44. The 'message' of the story
memoir
pros
conveys
theme
45. A structure of text in a specific order of events
chronology
cause and effect structure
attitude
biography
46. Provided by the writer to support his claims
mood
supporting details
reasons
opinion
47. The way a story is organized
story structure
integrating information
climax
problem and solution structure
48. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail
summary
integrating information
contribute
crafts
49. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
motivation
visual evidence
memoir
role
50. Author's feelings about a topic