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