EOG Terminology Part Two

to make a text or idea easier to understand

• refine

• descriptive

• perspective

• effect

Visually descriptive writing or figurative language that appeals to the senses.

• personification

• imagery

• development of a story

• simile

Conversation between characters

• opinion

• counter

• dialogue

• quote/quotation

the quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

• key concept

• refine

• descriptive

• significance

giving details about; illustrating; explaining

• descriptive

• perspective

• effect

• connection

having nothing to do with the subject

• opinion

• irrelevant

• key concept

• perspective

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• personification

• metaphor

• figurative language

• imagery

comparing two things using like or as

• metaphor

• personification

• dramatic irony

• simile

a comparison without using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

he giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• imagery

• personification

• simile

• metaphor