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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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1. Characteristics that are inherited






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






3. The way a story is organized






4. Adding details to support the text






5. How characters think - act or feel






6. Come into contact and make a change






7. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome






8. Framework author chooses for a text






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






10. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome






11. Present a problem and solve it






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






13. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play






14. Evidence that one can see from a diagram - illustration or picture related to a topic






15. Change






16. Author's feelings about a topic


17. A reason for or against something






18. Details that support the main idea.






19. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem






20. Finding a solution to a problem






21. Things that have happened in a person's life.






22. The person who tells the story






23. Bad reasons for why something is done






24. Memories that are written down






25. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play






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






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






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






29. The attitude of the narrator or speaker






30. To make known or to show






31. Statements of what the author believes






32. Author's feelings about a topic


33. To make visible - to make clear






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






35. Things that have happened in a person's life.






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






37. The most correct way






38. The circumstances in which something occurs






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






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






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






42. The attitude of the narrator or speaker






43. Good reasons for why something is done






44. How an author organizes information






45. Framework author chooses for a text






46. Details that support the main idea.






47. Conversation between characters






48. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem






49. Short story of an amusing or interesting event






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