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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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1. The reasons that cause characters to act as they do
motivation
author's point of view
capture
genre
2. The attitude of the narrator or speaker
conveys
motivation
tone
author's purpose
3. Struggle that the main character tries to overcome
conflict
figurative meaning
plot
technical meaning
4. Good reasons for why something is done
pros
compare and contrast structure
cause and effect structure
motivation
5. Statements of what the author believes
contribute
claims
develops
author's point of view
6. Atmosphere (feeling) in a story or poem
plot
mood
author's purpose
crafts
7. The person who tells the story
narrator
role
contribute
compare and contrast structure
8. The series of episodes - or events - that make up the story
motivation
memoir
develops
plot
9. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
oppose
crafts
structure
plot
10. How an author organizes information
text structure
cause and effect structure
develops
visual evidence
11. The most important point the author is trying to get across
revealed
problem and solution structure
central idea
motivation
12. Change
problem and solution structure
effect
narrator
compare and contrast structure
13. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
anecdote
capture
plot
text structure
14. Framework author chooses for a text
develops
structure
climax
impact
15. A reason for or against something
impact
author's purpose
argument
technical meaning
16. Characteristics that are inherited
traits
claims
plot
pros
17. Why the author wrote the story
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18. Finding a solution to a problem
central idea
theme
experiences
resolution
19. Words from the text to that support your ideas/answers.
autobiography
motivation
supporting details
text evidence
20. Good reasons for why something is done
autobiography
effect
climax
pros
21. The most correct way
most accurately
develops
supporting details
contribute
22. Framework author chooses for a text
dialogue
structure
author's point of view
conveys
23. To get a point across or to show
figurative meaning
conveys
tone
cons
24. Statements of what the author believes
claims
cons
argument
dialogue
25. Memories that are written down
chronology
memoir
effect
conflict
26. (verb form) how an author expresses his thoughts -or point of view about a subject
author's point of view
genre
crafts
capture
27. The circumstances in which something occurs
context
oppose
structure
impact
28. Memories that are written down
text evidence
biography
memoir
figurative meaning
29. A conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence
argument
story structure
inference
conveys
30. Used to explain differences and similarities of people or ideas
narrator
integrating information
experiences
compare and contrast structure
31. When the words mean something other than what they say.
memoir
context
climax
figurative meaning
32. The way a story is organized
story structure
revealed
cause and effect structure
problem and solution structure
33. Present a problem and solve it
problem and solution structure
chronology
genre
context
34. To act against something - such as to oppose someone's viewpoint about a topic
experiences
inference
motivation
oppose
35. Bad reasons for why something is done
impact
tone
traits
cons
36. Used to explain differences and similarities of people or ideas
integrating information
compare and contrast structure
biography
most accurately
37. When the words mean something other than what they say.
genre
structure
biography
figurative meaning
38. How an author organizes information
genre
biography
reasons
text structure
39. Short story of an amusing or interesting event
tone
genre
anecdote
genre
40. Conversation between characters
integrating information
cons
motivation
dialogue
41. The 'message' of the story
most accurately
cons
reasons
theme
42. Conversation between characters
anecdote
most accurately
integrating information
dialogue
43. The use of certain words or phrases to show an author's feelings about a topic
impact
impact
oppose
connotative meaning
44. Bad reasons for why something is done
figurative language
story structure
cons
biography
45. The way a story is organized
contribute
anecdote
story structure
motivation
46. A structure of text in a specific order of events
attitude
resolution
chronology
argument
47. Story of a person's life written by that person
approach
tone
autobiography
central idea
48. Why the author wrote the story
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49. Details that support the main idea.
impact
effect
supporting details
memoir
50. Used to explain why thing results from another
technical meaning
most accurately
cause and effect structure
revealed