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EOG Common Core Vocabulary
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common-core
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject
crafts
narrator
experiences
text evidence
2. Things that have happened in a person's life.
connotative meaning
revealed
experiences
argument
3. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail
summary
experiences
text evidence
revealed
4. Used to explain differences and similarities of people or ideas
author's point of view
chronology
compare and contrast structure
structure
5. The movement of greatest suspense - surprise - or excitement
biography
climax
develops
tone
6. A reason for or against something
approach
problem and solution structure
experiences
argument
7. To make known or to show
inference
revealed
theme
mood
8. Come into contact and make a change
summary
technical meaning
anecdote
impact
9. Framework author chooses for a text
story structure
visual evidence
structure
figurative language
10. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story
central idea
theme
plot
dialogue
11. Come into contact and make a change
impact
opinion
mood
climax
12. A reason for or against something
integrating information
most accurately
argument
evidence
13. Conversation between characters
dialogue
motivation
conveys
text structure
14. The circumstances in which something occurs
cause and effect structure
context
pros
visual evidence
15. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
genre
mood
effect
visual evidence
16. Finding a solution to a problem
resolution
cause and effect structure
connotative meaning
genre
17. How characters think - act or feel
conveys
text structure
figurative meaning
attitude
18. To get a point across or to show
theme
traits
conveys
tone
19. Things that have happened in a person's life.
argument
text structure
opinion
experiences
20. A structure of text in a specific order of events
autobiography
chronology
attitude
inference
21. When the words mean something other than what they say.
central idea
figurative meaning
story structure
conflict
22. Why the author wrote the story
23. How characters think - act or feel
attitude
conflict
summary
integrating information
24. Change
supporting details
effect
evidence
figurative language
25. Information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs
compare and contrast structure
narrator
evidence
attitude
26. Conversation between characters
attitude
opinion
climax
dialogue
27. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
impact
oppose
mood
plot
28. A message expressing a belief about something
opinion
motivation
experiences
structure
29. A message expressing a belief about something
text structure
opinion
experiences
chronology
30. The person who tells the story
autobiography
cons
author's point of view
narrator
31. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
inference
summary
supporting details
compare and contrast structure
32. Statements of what the author believes
summary
effect
supporting details
claims
33. To make known or to show
mood
structure
revealed
figurative language
34. The 'message' of the story
structure
oppose
chronology
theme
35. How an author organizes information
anecdote
genre
text structure
context
36. A style of writing such as poetry - drama - fantasy - historical fiction - etc.
inference
technical meaning
genre
memoir
37. Story of a person's life written by that person
author's point of view
autobiography
author's point of view
author's purpose
38. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome
conflict
approach
climax
resolution
39. Change
mood
narrator
effect
reasons
40. The movement of greatest suspense - surprise - or excitement
plot
integrating information
climax
central idea
41. Framework author chooses for a text
memoir
structure
cons
connotative meaning
42. Statements of what the author believes
summary
problem and solution structure
claims
text structure
43. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
integrating information
memoir
cause and effect structure
evidence
44. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
mood
tone
most accurately
author's point of view
45. Details that support the main idea.
inference
supporting details
integrating information
conflict
46. How an author organizes information
cause and effect structure
supporting details
opinion
text structure
47. When the words mean something other than what they say.
figurative meaning
problem and solution structure
theme
compare and contrast structure
48. Present a problem and solve it
problem and solution structure
memoir
tone
motivation
49. Memories that are written down
pros
memoir
conflict
mood
50. Good reasons for why something is done
visual evidence
conveys
structure
pros