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