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