EOC vocabulary words
*Words taken directly from EOC practice test 2
Language
Writing and Research
Logic
Communication and Media
Informational Text
Literature
Day 1
Cause
-Define and give example
Effect
-Define and give example
Run-on sentence
-Define and tell how you correct it
Narrative vs. newspaper
-describe how they differ
Point of view
-Define
First person p.o.v.
-Define
Second person p.o.v.
-Define
Third person omniscient p.o.v.
-Define
Third person limited p.o.v.
-Define
Order of sentences/paragraphs
Write on back of card:
Determine the order of events, chronological order,
or order of importance to organize a paragraph/essay
Day 2
Quotation
-Define and give example
Paraphrase
-Define and give example
Summary
-Define and give example
Critique
-Define and give example
Author reveals character traits
through:
-Write the following on the back of card:
-what the author tells us
-what the other characters say
about him/her
-what the characters says
-what the character does
-what the character thinks
Plot
-Define
Exposition
-Define
Rising action
-Define
Falling action
-Define
Climax
-Define
Resolution/denouement
-Define
Choosing more descriptive/vivid
words
-Write the following on the back of card:
-better adjectives and adverbs
and verbs
Appositives and introductory
phrases
-describe how to punctuate
Historical and cultural cues
-Write the following on the back of card:
-be able to find clues to identify the historical and
cultural cues within a text
Day 3
Tone
-define and give examples
Personification
-define and give examples
Metaphor
-define and give examples
Alliteration
-define and give examples
Simile
-define and give examples
Symbolism
-define and give examples
pronoun/antecedent
agreement
-give examples
Analogy
-define and give examples
principle and principal
-define both (on same card)
Foreboding
-define
Mood
-define and give examples
Day 4
Opinion
Fact
Implied evidence
Stated evidence