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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. Stating in your own words the central idea and important detail
cons
summary
compare and contrast structure
central idea
2. Adding details to support the text
autobiography
capture
contribute
traits
3. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
tone
context
biography
experiences
4. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
anecdote
compare and contrast structure
genre
central idea
5. The use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic
connotative meaning
approach
figurative language
biography
6. Memories that are written down
memoir
chronology
integrating information
crafts
7. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
inference
claims
memoir
integrating information
8. When the words mean something other than what they say.
theme
figurative meaning
integrating information
tone
9. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
reasons
anecdote
central idea
tone
10. The movement of greatest suspense - surprise - or excitement
problem and solution structure
resolution
figurative language
climax
11. A style of writing such as poetry - drama - fantasy - historical fiction - etc.
inference
figurative meaning
genre
effect
12. To make known or to show
biography
develops
revealed
experiences
13. To take into control - in literary terms - to be able to help the reader understand something in the text
capture
reasons
author's purpose
summary
14. A message expressing a belief about something
motivation
capture
opinion
figurative language
15. Conversation between characters
approach
effect
text evidence
dialogue
16. Used to explain why thing results from another
supporting details
cause and effect structure
memoir
context
17. Change
mood
context
effect
integrating information
18. Bad reasons for why something is done
cons
figurative meaning
crafts
contribute
19. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story
chronology
plot
author's point of view
opinion
20. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
central idea
effect
impact
inference
21. Statements of what the author believes
compare and contrast structure
problem and solution structure
claims
chronology
22. Finding a solution to a problem
most accurately
oppose
author's point of view
resolution
23. Words used in an imaginative way to create interesting effects
climax
supporting details
figurative language
experiences
24. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
narrator
most accurately
claims
role
25. Come into contact and make a change
tone
dialogue
impact
most accurately
26. Story of a person's life written by that person
structure
structure
resolution
autobiography
27. How an author organizes information
motivation
approach
text structure
dialogue
28. Provided by the writer to support his claims
text structure
connotative meaning
role
reasons
29. Provided by the writer to support his claims
figurative meaning
reasons
most accurately
experiences
30. Present a problem and solve it
attitude
problem and solution structure
figurative language
impact
31. The person who tells the story
narrator
structure
pros
supporting details
32. A message expressing a belief about something
context
opinion
approach
most accurately
33. Information that supports an author's reason for his beliefs
figurative language
autobiography
mood
evidence
34. Story of a person's life written by that person
argument
autobiography
argument
conflict
35. Good reasons for why something is done
impact
oppose
pros
impact
36. The most correct way
most accurately
plot
inference
dialogue
37. Adding details to support the text
attitude
contribute
problem and solution structure
cause and effect structure
38. How an author organizes information
genre
theme
cons
text structure
39. Present a problem and solve it
problem and solution structure
integrating information
inference
reasons
40. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
role
text structure
develops
author's purpose
41. Integrating impressions: infer what people are like by the emotions they express
evidence
figurative meaning
biography
integrating information
42. Characteristics that are inherited
traits
evidence
role
motivation
43. Begin to deal with
approach
conveys
motivation
supporting details
44. How characters think - act or feel
develops
conveys
attitude
oppose
45. To make known or to show
crafts
revealed
resolution
traits
46. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject
oppose
crafts
approach
capture
47. Characteristics that are inherited
argument
resolution
central idea
traits
48. To get a point across or to show
experiences
integrating information
figurative language
conveys
49. A style of writing such as poetry - drama - fantasy - historical fiction - etc.
genre
conveys
conflict
author's point of view
50. Things that have happened in a person's life.
text evidence
effect
experiences
technical meaning