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EOG Common Core Vocabulary

Subjects : common-core, 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. To make known or to show






2. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem






3. Adding details to support the text






4. Conversation between characters






5. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic






6. Characteristics that are inherited






7. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story






8. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject






9. Relating to a particular subject - topic - or craft






10. The most important point the author is trying to get across






11. How characters think - act or feel






12. Framework author chooses for a text






13. Story of a person's life written by another person






14. Present a problem and solve it






15. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story






16. A reason for or against something






17. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects






18. The most correct way






19. Present a problem and solve it






20. Provided by the writer to support his claims






21. Why the author wrote the story


22. How an author organizes information






23. Bad reasons for why something is done






24. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express






25. A structure of text in a specific order of events






26. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail






27. Finding a solution to a problem






28. Good reasons for why something is done






29. Memories that are written down






30. When the words mean something other than what they say.






31. The circumstances in which something occurs






32. The person who tells the story






33. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem






34. Short story of an amusing or interesting event






35. Characteristics that are inherited






36. Author's feelings about a topic


37. Statements of what the author believes






38. The reasons that cause characters to act as they do






39. Story of a person's life written by that person






40. Change






41. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome






42. When the words mean something other than what they say.






43. A reason for or against something






44. To get a point across or to show






45. To take into control - in literary terms - to be able to help the reader understand something in the text






46. Used to explain why thing results from another






47. Memories that are written down






48. The 'message' of the story






49. Story of a person's life written by that person






50. Conversation between characters