NC English II EOC Vocabulary

to look closely at something

• synthesize

• examine

• central idea

• mood

Breaking apart something (like a text) in order to understand how each part works, as well as passing judgement about the worth and purpose of something

• dialogue

• narrative

• claim

• analyze

To expand an idea using details

• examine

• develop

• claim

• central idea

Referring to the strategies (choices) a writer uses to convey their point, as well as the appeals they make; strategies/choices include things such as repetition, allusion, parallelism; appeals include logos, pathos and ethos

• Language (Rhetorical Devices)

• Analyze

• Mood

• Claim

To conclude by reasoning or from facts; educated guess based on reasoning/facts

• analyze

• synthesize

• infer

• excerpt

To form by combining parts or elements; to make or form out of different parts; to create

• characteristic

• infer

• analyze

• synthesize

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it; may be physical or may describe the object’s nature

• characteristic

• excerpt

• tone

• dialogue

A passage or segment taken from the text;

the length of a passage may be a phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, or an entire chapter

• context clues

• detail

• context clues

• excerpt

Writing or speech that tells a story; told by a narrator - but can take many forms, including novel, an essay, a poem, or a short story

• explanatory

• argumentative

• narrative

• dialogue

What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole