EOG Terminology Part One

Educated guess, a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

• evidence

• inference

• claim

• detail

A group of lines in a poem.

• stanza

• line

• central idea

• theme

An effect or result.

• reveal

• impact

• convey

• dramatic

Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in the work.

• author's purpose

• claim

• objective summary

• detail

Back up with details.

• support

• inference

• convey

• reveal

The most important point the author makes.

• claim

• central idea

• theme

• objective summary

Brief statement of the main events of a story.

• central idea

• inference

• summary

• theme

To make known.

• convey

• emphasize

• insufficient

• determine

To examine the similarities.

• reveal

• compare

• contribute

• support

To make known.

• dramatic

• claim

• reveal

• impact