EOG Reading Review

Can you summarize the passage in one sentence?

• No, summarize the passage in two sentences.

• Yes, summarize the passage in a paragraph.

• Yes, summarize the passage in a single word.

• Yes, summarize the passage in one concise sentence.

What is the author's message to the reader or a universal truth related in a text called?

• theme

• main idea

• summary

• stanza

WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS A COMPARISON USING LIKE OR AS?

• METAPHOR

• IDIOM

• HYPERBOLE

• SIMILE

WHAT IS THE TIME AND PLACE THAT A STORY OCCURS?

• SETTING

• DIALECT

• PROBLEM

• ORDER AND SEQUENCE

WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE STORY THAT TIES UP ALL LOOSE ENDS AND RESOLVES PROBLEMS?

• CLIMAX

• FALLING ACTION

• RESOLUTION

• RISING ACTION

WHAT IS THE REASON AN AUTHOR WRITES?

• AUDIENCE

• AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

• TEXT STRUCTURE

• TONE

To Persuade, Inform, or Entertain are three main reasons for this:

•  a central idea

•  an author's purpose for writing

•  a circus act

•  the theme

WHAT IS A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT PRESENT AND RESOLVE A PROBLEM; IT TELLS A STORY?

• PLOT

• POEM

• PERSUASIVE WRITING

• EXPOSITIORY WRITING

WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT GIVES SOMETHING THAT IS NON–HUMAN SOME HUMAN QUALITIES?

• HYPERBOLE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• IDIOM

WHAT TYPE OF POINT OF VIEW OCCURS WHEN A CHARACTER IN A STORY TELLS THE STORY? USES PRONOUNS: "I," "ME," OR "MY".

• 1ST PERSON

• 3RD PERSON

• STATIC CHARACTER

• DYNAMIC CHARACTER