EOC Term Review (With Example Questions)

What is the definition of author's purpose?

• the message, advice or warning about life and/or relationships the author shares through their characters' experiences

• the author’s reason for or intent in writing, which could be to inform, to persuade, or to entertain

•  a nonfiction story written by an author about themselves

• 54. a nonfiction story about certain moments or parts of an author's life about themselves

Answer explanation

Example questions using this term:

-In paragraphs 1-4, how is the author’s purpose established through the use of rhetoric?

-What is the purpose of the figurative language in paragraph 7, “robbing French readers of a few excellent books”?

What is the definition of rhetoric?

• straight-forward language

• confusing language

• figurative language

• persuasive language

Answer explanation

Example questions using this term:

-In paragraphs 1-4, how is the author’s purpose established through the use of rhetoric?

-How do the authors use rhetoric in the paragraphs to advance their point of view of bats?

What is the definition of tone?

• the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience

• the emotional quality the reader experiences from the words, images and descriptions created by the writer

• a poem written to express feelings or emotions

• a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works

Answer explanation

Example questions using this term:

-In paragraph 2, how does the author’s use of the words prisoner, monk, and hermit affect the meaning and tone of the passage?

-How does the language in the lines impact the tone of the poem?

What is the definition of point of view?

• the part of the plot that introduces the setting, characters, conflict, etc.

• the location, time period, season, holiday during which the events of a plot take place

• the position from which the story is told; perspective

• a character’s incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act

Answer explanation

Example questions using this term:

-How does Mr. Y’s point of view impact the reader’s understanding of the passage?

-How do the lines reflect the speaker’s point of view?

What is the definition of evidence?

• the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs

• anything that can be used to prove something (typically this refers to direct quotes from a text)

• a conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence

• the sequence or order of events

Answer explanation

Example questions using this term:

-Which quotation provides evidence to support the claim that irresponsible development can lead to cultural destruction?

-Which quotation from the text provides evidence to support the author’s claim in paragraph 4 that Galileo’s observations “were critical in refining our understanding of the cosmos”?

What is the definition of claim?

• specific facts or examples used to support a claim in a piece of writing

• a fictitious argument dependent upon unsound reasoning or illogical evidence

• an argument, or smaller statement of a larger argument, that is supported by evidence

• a statement that challenges an author’s claim by providing a new idea or stating the opposite of the claim

Answer explanation

Example questions using this term:

-Which quotation provides evidence to support the claim that irresponsible development can lead to cultural destruction?

-In paragraph 9, how does the information about Simon Marius’s observations refine the author’s claims about Galileo’s relationship with other astronomers?

What is the definition of argument?

• the main statement or point on which the author will develop the text in order to convince the readers

• a brief narrative (story) that focuses on a particular incident or event

• a conclusion one draws (infers) based on evidence

• a fact, a description, an example, or a reason that further explains a key idea

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Example question using this term:

-Which quotation illustrates the author’s use of reasoning and emotional appeal to support her argument about the importance of preserving kana?

What is a simile?

• a direct comparison of two different things

• an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined

• intentional exaggeration to create an effect

• the comparison of two or more related objects or events using the words "like' or "as" in the phrasing

Answer explanation

Example question using this term:

-What does the simile comparing Skavinski to a ship convey about his character?

What is a metaphor?

• giving non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics

• a direct comparison of two different things

• intentional exaggeration to create an effect

• the comparison of two or more related objects or events using the words "like' or "as" in the phrasing

Answer explanation

Example question using this term:

-What is the purpose of the metaphor below?

Then deep in the sad girl’s heart

An answering chord was stirred,

What is the definition of theme?

• a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works

• a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson

• the central idea or message of work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life

• the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs

Answer explanation

Example questions using the term:

-How does Skavinski’s dialogue in paragraph 24 shape the theme of the passage?

-Which sentence states a theme of the passage?