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Reading EOG Voc. #3
Literary terms found in middle school Reading EOG questions stems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| opinion | a statement that is subjective; it can’t be proven |
| science fiction | a fiction genre usually set in the future and the characters use inventions or technologies that don’t exist yet |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things directly (Example of a ________: Your love is a rose.) |
| figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; i.e. writer is using words in creative and imaginative ways. (Examples of ______ are metaphors, similes, and personification.) |
| mystery | a fiction genre where someone has committed a crime and the plot involves trying to figure out what happened and who did it. |
| historical fiction | a fiction genre where the characters are imaginary but the story takes place during a real event in history |
| line | a group of words written in the same row across a page (You can have a ____ in prose or poetry.) |
| appeals | attracts (Ex. To which people does a hip hop dance _____?) |
| evaluate | judge |
| haiku | a type of 3 line Japanese poem. Each stanza is about one picture in nature. |
| dialogue | conversation |
| italics | a special way of typing a letter where the letter is a little sideways |
| plot | events in a story that lead to a climax and a resolution |
| theme | central message or purpose of a text |
| audience | in literature the _____ is the reader |
| Venn Diagram | Two intersecting circles whose purpose is to show comparison and contrast |
| contrast | show the difference |
| romantic fiction | a fiction genre whose plot involves people falling in love or hoping that someone falls in love with them |
| drama | a genre of literature that can be fiction or nonfiction, but the story is told only by dialogue; i.e. a play |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as” (Example of a ____: Your love is like a rose.) |
| bias | prejudice |
| fact | a statement that can be proven |
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