English 2 EOC Review

objective

• without bias

• filled with passion or emotion

• giving up

• tending to be hopeful toward a situation

nostalgic

• longing for the past, home, or homesickness

• free from anxiety or responsibility

• depressing or frightening

• without bias

optimistic

• tending to be hopeful toward a situation

• tending to believe the worst will happen

• longing for the past, home, or homesickness

• giving up

simile

• A comparison using like or as

• End of the story where everything comes to a close

• A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

perspective

• point of view of the author

• bias

• opinion

• definition

validity

• opinion

• fact

• definition

• accuracy or truthfulness

bias

• fact

• graph

• opinion

• definition

synthesis/ synthesize

• to combine information

• to edit information

• to develop information

• to create information

secondary source

• a source written by someone living in the time period of the topic

• source of information is one that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand

• a witness' account of events

• a diary

primary source

• source written during the time period of the topic by a witness

• source written after the time period by anyone

• source written about a topic

• a biography