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

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

• cheap
• inexpensive

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

• amusing
• hilarious

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

• uneasy
• frightened

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

The feeling a word invokes in the reader

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Context Clues

• Diction

The dictionary definition of a word

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Context Clue

• Diction

Comparison using “like” or “as”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Euphemism

Comparison NOT using “like” or “as”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Euphemism

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Euphemism