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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Finding a solution to a problem
revealed
context
tone
resolution
2. The circumstances in which something occurs
context
inference
summary
plot
3. Come into contact and make a change
genre
impact
tone
compare and contrast structure
4. Change
effect
cons
revealed
chronology
5. Used to explain why thing results from another
cause and effect structure
most accurately
climax
figurative meaning
6. Characteristics that are inherited
plot
traits
context
genre
7. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
climax
role
narrator
text structure
8. Information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs
evidence
supporting details
autobiography
text evidence
9. The way a story is organized
autobiography
story structure
visual evidence
attitude
10. Words from the text to that support your ideas/answers.
conveys
text evidence
develops
visual evidence
11. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject
cause and effect structure
visual evidence
crafts
tone
12. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
approach
connotative meaning
tone
author's point of view
13. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome
opinion
conflict
connotative meaning
revealed
14. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
effect
genre
mood
compare and contrast structure
15. The use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic
motivation
chronology
connotative meaning
text evidence
16. Author's feelings about a topic
17. Relating to a particular subject - topic - or craft
cons
resolution
technical meaning
figurative meaning
18. When the words mean something other than what they say.
mood
tone
figurative meaning
develops
19. Memories that are written down
author's point of view
motivation
memoir
text evidence
20. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
anecdote
opinion
dialogue
problem and solution structure
21. Conversation between characters
structure
anecdote
dialogue
central idea
22. Story of a person's life written by another person
text evidence
role
context
biography
23. Provided by the writer to support his claims
reasons
motivation
theme
compare and contrast structure
24. To make known or to show
oppose
revealed
inference
resolution
25. Relating to a particular subject - topic - or craft
mood
theme
context
technical meaning
26. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail
structure
pros
mood
summary
27. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
integrating information
attitude
genre
text structure
28. To take into control - in literary terms - to be able to help the reader understand something in the text
crafts
climax
capture
attitude
29. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
compare and contrast structure
text evidence
anecdote
theme
30. A structure of text in a specific order of events
chronology
figurative meaning
contribute
opinion
31. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
structure
figurative meaning
oppose
effect
32. The use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic
pros
connotative meaning
resolution
argument
33. Story of a person's life written by that person
author's point of view
autobiography
crafts
narrator
34. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
mood
tone
oppose
author's point of view
35. The reasons that cause characters to act as they do
motivation
contribute
chronology
capture
36. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
evidence
integrating information
anecdote
biography
37. The person who tells the story
narrator
autobiography
context
claims
38. Adding details to support the text
cons
author's point of view
capture
contribute
39. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
summary
figurative language
approach
central idea
40. Conversation between characters
dialogue
context
crafts
resolution
41. A reason for or against something
attitude
author's purpose
argument
compare and contrast structure
42. Used to explain differences and similarities of people or ideas
cause and effect structure
compare and contrast structure
role
most accurately
43. How characters think - act or feel
attitude
inference
motivation
theme
44. To make visible - to make clear
contribute
mood
develops
capture
45. Evidence that one can see from a diagram - illustration or picture related to a topic
visual evidence
argument
claims
figurative language
46. The most correct way
chronology
cause and effect structure
figurative meaning
most accurately
47. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
visual evidence
context
tone
story structure
48. A style of writing such as poetry - drama - fantasy - historical fiction - etc.
context
mood
oppose
genre
49. The movement of greatest suspense - surprise - or excitement
genre
effect
climax
claims
50. The way a story is organized
story structure
chronology
contribute
author's purpose