Eog Prep

Information that reinforces the topic sentence or main idea of a paragraph.

• Onomatopoeia

• Summarize

• Supporting details

• Point of View (POV)

A kind of literary or artistic work

• Genre

• Generate

• Infer

• Theme

A figure of speech comparing two things without using like or as

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Summarize

What the passage is mostly about

• Main idea

• Similar

• Evaluate

• Identify

A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary work

• Genre

• Analyze

• Theme

• Simile

A significantly shortened version of source material that captures main ideas in your own words

• Allusion

• Simile

• Analyze

• Summarize

A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

• Allusion

• Simile

• Summarize

• Metaphor

The reason the author has for writing, usually to inform, persuade, or express/entertain.

• Supporting detail

• Point of view

• Author's purpose

• Allusion

A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Summarize

• Similar

Using words that imitate the sounds they make

• Main idea

• Supporting detail

• Onomatopoeia

• Point of view