EOG ELA Vocabulary

What the text is mostly about is the...

• irony

• setting

• theme

• central idea

Giving hints or clues about what might happen later in the story is called...

• imagery

• foreshadowing

• mood

• genre

The message or lesson the writer is trying to get across to the reader is called the...

• summary

• central idea

• theme

• plot

An object or idea that represents something larger or more important than itself is...

• a symbol

• a conflict

• a flashback

• a genre

Using the five senses to paint a picture in the reader's mind is called...

• the protagonist

• the tone

• a stanza

• using imagery

The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader is the...

• tone

• mood

• dialogue

• author's purpose

The speaker's or narrator's attitude towards the subject is the...

• tone

• irony

• mood

• setting

A situation that ends up in a different way than what you would normally expect is...

• plot

• figurative language

• dialogue

• irony

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called a...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as" is called a...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom