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EOG Vocab
Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Historical Fiction | the genre of literature, film, etc., comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and personages. |
| Lyrical Poetry | Lyric poetry is a genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings |
| Concrete Poem | a poem whose meaning is conveyed through its graphic shape or pattern on the printed page |
| Secondary Source | next after the first in order, place, time, |
| Opposing | fight |
| matter of fact | to the point |
| convey | share |
| observation | to take a look;observe |
| prop | support |
| stage directions | directions for actors in a play |
| genre | type of literacy;book |
| figure of speech | language;similie;metaphor;personification |
| primarily | one idea |
| interpretation | a belief |
| progression | progress; improvement; moving forward |
| invariable | constant |
| usage | being used |
| lousy | terrible; bad |
| essential | important |
| strenuous | difficult; challenging |
| emerge | appear; born |
| revulsion | dislike |
| massive | huge |
| roundabout | twisting |
| astounded | amazed |
| scoured | to remove dirt |
| makeshift | temporary structure |
| reckoned | to count |
| irony | sarcasm |
| prose | cliched saying or idea |
| biography | a story written about another persons life |
| heading | topic |
| salutation | greeting |
| plot | events in a story |
| bias | your opinion |
| legend | a story about a person in the past; usually fictious |
| cinquain | a poem |
| limerick | |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| encountered | meeting |
| indignant | |
| light-hearted | easy going; happy |
| exaggerated | over embellish |
| illustrations | pictures |
| almanac | a nonfiction text that has facts |
| conveys | tells the meaning; story |
| stunning | beautiful; striking |
| milled around | something you are thinking about |
| desolate | lonely |
| abyss | a deep dark hole |
| boisterous | loud |
| motto | a saying |
| pleated | something that folds-skirt |
| forage | look for |
| metaphor | comparison without using like or as |
| sarcasm | being funny; rude |
| subheading | a mini-topic |
| authors purpose | the reason an author writes a story-Entertain, Inform, Explain, Persuade |
| bandwagon | trying to get people to join your cause |
| idiom | It is raining cats and dogs-saying |
| realistic fiction | a story that is made up but has real facts |
| free verse | |
| primary source | main source |
| cause and effect | why-what happened |
| indifferent | |
| facetious | being |
| timid | shy |
| monologue | one person reads a line or story |
| repetition | repeat |
| according to | referring to; what someone/something says |
| symbolic | a symbol that stands for something |
| elaborate | tell in depth with details |
| striving | working towards a goal |
| shuddered | frightened; scared; shake |
| agony | pain |
| procrastinating | leaving to the last minute |
| startle | scare |
| mode | |
| distort | change shape |
| immense | huge |
| crumpled | bend |
| sparked | ignite |
| vast | big area |
| isolated | being by yourself; lonely |
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