Reading EOG Review

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

A metaphor.

Front

What is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader?

Back

The mood.

Front

What is it called when someone exaggerates for effect?

Back

Hyperbole.

Front

What is the term for what the text is mostly about?

Back

The central idea.

Front

What do you call the combination of evidence in front of you and prior knowledge to make an intelligent guess?

Back

An inference.

Front

What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

Back

Personification.

Front

What is the author's attitude toward the subject or audience called?

Back

Tone.

Front

What is the main message or lesson of a story called?

Back

Theme.

Front

What is a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth?

Back

Irony.

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

Back

A stanza.