EOG ELA Test Prep

using information to make a logical conclusion

• infer

• determine

• refine

• develop

to retell explaining the main points in your own words

• plot

• summarize

• details

• main idea

conflict

• where a story takes place

• struggle between two forces

• the solution to a problem

• Part of a word that comes at the beginning of another word that changes the meaning

emphasize

• a struggle between two characters

• to use clues from a story to come to a conclusion

• to stress a point

• the reason for something

Include explicit information from the passage. What does explicit mean?

• using your schema

• an opinion

• your point of view

• clear, information taken right from the text

A new title for the passage could be.... - What is this question asking you to determine?

• The Central Idea

• A Theme

• The Topic

• The Author's Purpose

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• mood

• simile

• tone

The author's attitude

• mood

• tone

• infer

• theme

The vantage point from which a story is told (who is telling the story)

• quote

• theme

• point of view
  

• speaker

What is the following sentence an example of?:
"The trees arms reached for the stars"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery