EOG Vocabulary Set 1

Anecdote

• a brief story about an interesting, funny or strange event, told to entertain or to make a point

• a long story about an interesting, funny or strange event, told to entertain or to make a point

• framework author chooses for a text

• main message the author is trying to convey through the story

Attitude

• how characters think, act or feel

• how the author thinks, acts or feels

• how the reader thinks, acts or feels

• how the book thinks, acts or feels

Author's point of view

• author's feelings about a topic (may be positive or negative)

• reader's feelings about a topic (may be positive or negative)

• character's feelings about a topic (may be positive or negative)

• author's choice of words

Author's purpose

• main reason for author's writing

• PIE!

• The reason why things happen

• main reason for character's writing

Cause and effect structure

• used to explain why one thing results from another

• used to explain how a problem is solved

• used to explain how a solution is solved

• sequential order

Central idea

• the most important point the author is trying to get across

• the most important opinion the author is trying to get across

• the most important fact the author is trying to get across

• the most important character in a story

Chronology

• a structure of text in a specific order of events

• a structure of text in a scrambled order

• used to explain why one thing results from another

• the study of time

Climax

• the moment of greatest suspense, surprise or excitement

• the way a story is written

• plot

• the falling action

compare and contrast structure

• used to explain the differences and similarities of people or ideas

• used to explain why one thing results from another

• used to explain how time goes

• used to explain only the differences of people and ideas

conflict

• struggle that the main character tries to overcome

• man vs. man

• the fix of a struggle that main character tries to overcome

• man vs. self