AAA EOG Review Literary Terms

Greek for suffering; part of story to elicit pity or sorrow

character has complex and many different character traits

If you've annotated a question but you still don't know the answer, what should you do?

14 line lyric poem, usually in iambic pentameter

Placed side by side

Narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

Repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines in poetry/songs

repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words

How long do you have to complete your ELA EOG exam?

Event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period

mood or feeling in a work of literature

What literary terms applies to using words to appeal to the reader's five senses?

What sentence do you think has the best DICTION (word choice)?

Main character or hero

What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?

What part of the text gives you at least two of the "W's" from the start of the text?

Which is the best definition of the word DICTION?

Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit of a poem

What is the best thing to do when you start to get tired or bored during the EOG?

Something or someone used to represent something else

How much time should you spend reading, annotating, and answer questions for (1) one passage?

If you are asked to PARAPHRASE something, you should...

JUSTIFY this statement as well as you can to avoid punishment! I stole the cookies because...

Short fictional narrative that teaches a lesson

Most intense moment or turning point of a story

In which sentence does the author EXPLICITLY describe the character?

What is the best way to cut down time during your EOG AND help with comprehension?

What is a great test-taking annotation strategy?

What is key to understanding the meaning of a poem?

What is the best meaning of the word JUSTIFY?

A short summary of a humorous event used to make a point

someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character

A word or phrase that is substituted for another because it is considered less offensive

Which one of the following sets of words contains PARALLEL STRUCTURE?

a form of poetry that has three lines made up of 5, 7, and then 5 syllables

What is the least amount of times you should read a poem to understand it?

Two consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, usually rhymes

What is a good practice to help with organizing texts, which also cuts down time for the EOG?

an exaggeration or overstatement

words spoken in a play directly to an audience or other character, not heard by others

Which of the following is the best definition of the word EXPLICIT?

Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people

"To make something more clear by describing it in detail," is the definition of what word?

What is a literary reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event?

Literary work in which the hero is destroyed

struggle between characters, forces, or emotions

What are the benefits of having a growth/opportunity mindset?

What text structure's purpose is to show a process or give directions?

statement that seems contrary to common sense, yet may be true

Conflicts of story are resolved in the...

contradictory terms such as "jumbo shrimp" or "little giant"

What should you do when you have reached the end of the test and answered the last question?

Author speaks of or describes an animal, objector idea as if it were a person

comparison of two or more similar objects, if alike in one way they will be alike in another

character changes in important ways as a result of the plot

often-repeated idea or theme

Which of the following is an example of REPETITION?

character has only one or two character traits

literary tone used to make fun of human vice or weakness, often used to make change

reader or audience sees a character's mistake, but the character does not