EOG TERMS

the series of events that build suspense and lead to the climax

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

Language that appeals to the five senses – used in poetry

• prose

• irony

• figurative language

• imagery

to show or explain

• emphasize

• impact

• convey

• contribute

what the passage is mostly about in one sentence

• supporting details

• central idea

• summary

• inference

Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

the clues in the sentence to help you figure out the meaning of a word

• author's purpose

• supporting details

• context clues

• inference

The problem in the story that must be solved

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

• theme

A guess based on text evidence

• context clues

• inference

• climax

• connotation

The exciting part or turning point in the story

• falling action

• exposition

• conflict

• climax

Tells what the story is about; this includes rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution.

• theme

• exposition

• plot

• denotation