English EOC Terms

Allegory

• a story where characters/events are symbols that for ideas in human life.  
• The author's attitude toward his/her suject
• Language not intended to be take literally.  

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Author's purpose

• The reason a text is created or goal of the writer
• Writer's choice of words
• The main subject or focus of a text

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

Central Idea

• The main subject or focus of a text
• Pattern or organization of a text
• A universal idea a text tries to convey

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Connotation

• Meanings (sometimes emotions) suggested by a word
• Conversation between two or more characters
• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Dialogue

• Conversation between two or more characters
• Conclusion determined by facts and assumptions
• Pattern or organization of a text

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Diction

• Writer's choice of words
• Influenced by personal feelings or opinions
• Figurative expression or phrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Figurative

• Language not intended to be take literally
• The author's attitude toward his or her subject
• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.  

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Idiom

• Figurative expression or phrase (varies by culture)
• Conversation between two or more characters
• a pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Imagery/Sensory details

• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
• Meanings (sometimes emotions) suggested by a word
• a pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Inference

• A conclusion determined by facts and assumptions
• The reason a text is created or goal of the writer
• the universal idea a text tries to convey

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3