EOG Vocabulary Set 1

A description from a personal observation or experience.

• firsthand account

• inference

• main idea/central idea

• Chronological order or Sequential order

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. ( a guess)

• summarize

• Compare and contrast

• inference

• similes

What a peice of writig is mainly about.

• Compare and contrast

• main idea/central idea

• inference

• firsthand account

When the main points follow a time pattern (first, next last, steps)

• Chronological order or Sequential order

• Summarize

• inference

• secondhand account

How two things are the same or different

• summarize

• conclusion

• main idea

• Compare and contrast

A summary based on evidence or facts.

• summarize

• conclusion

• similes

• metaphors

A description of an event tht was not directly experienced by the author or person.

• conclusion

• metaphors

• summarize

• Secondhand account

Stating in your own words the central idea and important details.

• conclusion

• summarize

• inference

• compare and contrast

Comparing two words or ideas using the word "like" or "as"

• similes

• summarize

• metaphors

• compare and contrast

Comparing two ideas without using "like" or "as"

• conclusion

• compare and contrast

• metaphors

• similes