EOG Reading Review

Interruptions to the story that writers use to insert past events are called...

• flashbacks

• foreshadowing

• summaries

• dialogue

When something that is not human is given human characteristics, it is...

• a hyperbole

• a simile

• being personified

• a metaphor

Exaggerating for effect is called...

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

A condensed (shortened) version of an original text is a...

• theme

• tone

• inference

• summary

A conversation between two or more characters in a literary piece is called...

• dialogue

• prologue

• epilogue

• perspective

A situation that ends up in a different way than what you would normally expect is...

• plot

• figurative language

• dialogue

• irony

Evidence in front of you and prior knowledge combined to make an intelligent guess is...

• a summary

• a stanza

• the mood

• an inference

Katie jumped out of bed when she realized the sun was shining bright through her window. Everyone was already gone! She quickly got dressed, brushed her teeth, and grabbed her book bag. When she got to school she was completely out of breath and the class was already at specials.

What can you infer about Katie?

• Katie over slept and was late to the movies.

• Katie over slept and was late for church.

• Katie over slept and was late to school.

• Katie over slept and was late to friend's house.

The girls went to the library and read three books in one afternoon. They were voracious readers.  
What does the word voracious mean as it is used in the text?

• lazy

• helpful

• avid 

• happy

What does the word stroll mean in the sentence above?

• walk

• run

• swim