EOG Terminology Part Two

to make a text or idea easier to understand

• refine

• descriptive

• perspective

• effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Visually descriptive writing or figurative language that appeals to the senses.

• personification

• imagery

• development of a story

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Conversation between characters

• opinion

• counter

• dialogue

• quote/quotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

the quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

• key concept

• refine

• descriptive

• significance

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

giving details about; illustrating; explaining

• descriptive

• perspective

• effect

• connection

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

having nothing to do with the subject

• opinion

• irrelevant

• key concept

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• personification

• metaphor

• figurative language

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

comparing two things using like or as

• metaphor

• personification

• dramatic irony

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

a comparison without using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

he giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• imagery

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4