EOC Prep Terms and Examples

Use these to figure out the meaning of unknown words and phrases by using clues from other parts of the sentence or paragraph

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Context Clues

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which connotation is MORE negative?
We bought _____ souvenirs at the amusement park.

• cheap
• inexpensive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Which connotation is MORE positive?
Some of the monkeys made ______ faces.

• amusing
• hilarious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which connotation is MORE negative?
It made me feel _______.

• uneasy
• frightened

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all! Which word is a synonym of "curtail"?

• A. reduce

• B. follow

• C. behind

• D. buy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The feeling a word invokes in the reader

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Context Clues

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The dictionary definition of a word

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Context Clue

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Comparison using “like” or “as”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Comparison NOT using “like” or “as”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When the meaning of the words themselves is different than the meaning of the sentence as a whole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4