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EOG Vocab Words
EOG VOCABULARY WORDS FOR grades 3 & 4
Question | Answer |
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FICTION | A story that is made up or not true |
Non-Fiction | A selection that is true or factual |
Narrative | Another name for a story |
Memoirs | A kind of writing that tells someone’s memories |
Menu | A list of choices you can get at a restaurant. |
Schedule | A list of times and activities |
Biography | A story about someone’s life |
Article | A non-fiction selection usually found in a newspaper or magazine. |
Fantasy | Stories that have elements in them that could not really happen |
Folk Tales | Fiction stories that are based on legends. |
Fairy Tales | Stories that involve unrealistic characters like fairies, and usually have a happy ending |
Myths/Legend | A story passed down from generations that explain historical events |
Cause | What makes something happen |
Effect | What happens because of something. |
Main Idea | What the story is mainly about. |
Purpose | why the author wrote the passage |
Opinion | How a person feels about something |
Mood/Tone | The way a story makes you feel |
Characteristics | Traits a character has |
Fact | A statement that is true |
Details | sentences that support the main idea that tells who, what, when, where and why |
Influence | The effect a situation or character has on each other. |
Information | communication of knowledge |
To Entertain | Humor the reader (funny) |
To Inform | To give information or facts to the reader |
To Persuade | To get the reader to buy or do something |
Prediction | Something you think will happen |
Compare and Contrast | How are things alike and different |
Sequence | The order of events |
Inference | A special kind of guess or opinion based on facts. |
Characters | The people or animals in the story |
Plot | Part of the story that tells what happens |
Problem | Part of the Plot. Also known as the conflict |
Resolution | When the problem in the story is fixed |
Setting | Where and when the story takes place |
Synonym | Words that have the same meaning |
Antonym | Words that have the opposite meaning |
Point of View | Some stories are written in the 1st person and use the word I. Others are written in the 3rd person and use the words: he, she…. |
Theme | The message the author wants to deliver |
Bold Print | Words that are usually written darker than others |
Subheading | Introduces the main idea of the section that follows |
Subtitles | Usually the second title of an article |
Italics | Words that are written with slanting letters |
Parenthesis | one or both of the curved marks ( ) used in writing |
Graph | Helps give the reader information about a topic dealing with numbers |
Graphic Organizer | A diagram used to help organize information from a selection |
Illustration | A picture or drawing to add to the selection |
Heading | Tells what the article is about |
Timeline: | A sequence of events of a person or place in time |
Table | The arrangement of data |
Flow Chart | A step-by-step change of data over time. |
Index | Located at the back of a textbook and lists each section or topic found in the book with its page number |
Table of Contents | Located in the front of a book that lists units, chapters, stories or section in the order that they appear in the book |
Glossary | A small dictionary in the back of a book |
Poet | author or writer of a poem |
Stanza | A group of lines that make up a paragraph in a poem |
Ingredients | he edible materials used in cooking |
Utensils | tools used in cooking (EX: spoon) |
Equipment | The machines used in cooking |
Bake | To cook |
Oven | A chamber used for cooking |
Hyperbole | to exaggerate |
Onomatopoeia | writing words that sound like sound |