Eoc Terms English II

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract (e.g., a heart representing love)

A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time

Clues in a story that suggest later events

A conclusion one can draw from the presented details

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Perspective from which a story is told

In expository writing, the thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition; the central argument