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EOC Terms RCR
1-50 EOC Terms
Question | Definition |
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Imply | To suggest without directly stating it. |
Affect | The way something creates a response in the reader. |
Compare | To examine the similarities and differences. |
Contrast | To examine the differences. |
Referring to/Refer | Directing attention to something already mentioned. |
Elaborate | To add information to improve understanding. |
Effect | The result. |
Infer or Conclude | To use the selection and what you know about the world to "Read between the lines." |
Justify | To defend or prove a response. |
Predict | To estimate (guess) future events based upon present and past information. |
Indicates | Point outs or shows. |
Summarize | To restate the main points in a brief manner. |
Details | The specific parts of a whole. |
Evidence | Something that serves to illustrate or prove. |
Consequence | A result (usually negative). |
Fact | A statement that can be proven. |
Suggest | Put forth as a possibility. |
Significance | Importance. |
Excerpt | Part of a written work. |
Position | A person's point of view or attitude toward a topic. |
Correlation | Something that shows a relationship between two things. |
Critical | Points out the negative, against. |
Ridicule | To make fun of something. |
Purpose | Goal, reason that you do something. |
Persuade | To try to change someone's opinion on an issue. |
Demonstrates | To show clearly, to prove with evidence. |
Emphasizes/Highlights | Draws attention to, points out. |
Achieved/Achieves | To reach, accomplish. |
Determine | To decide, to conclude. |
Incident | An individual event, a specific moment. |
Influence/Influenced | To have an impact or effect on something or someone. |
Impact | Result or effect on something. |
Expresses | Shows, illustrates. |
Additional | Extra. |
Characterize | To show what someone's personality is like. |
Suggest | To introduce, to bring to mind, to mention. |
Convey | To communicate, to show. |
Context | The surrounding events(usually fiction) or the surrounding sentences and words (usually nonfiction) |
Sentimental | Emotional attachment, romantic, tear-jerking. |
Lighthearted | Carefree, not stressed, happy-go-lucky, merry, jolly, not serious. |
Sarcastic | Mocking, scornful, says the opposite of what is meant, witty. |
Optimistic | Anticipating only the best to happen, hopeful, positive, cheerful outlook. |
Regret/Remorseful | To be sorry for. |
Mocking | Imitate, mimic, make fun of. |
Objective | Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions including opinions. |
Puzzled | Confused, disoriented, baffled. |
Celebratory | Happy about the outcome. |
Vague | Not clearly expressed or defined. |
Nostalgic | Thinking about the past and wishing things were still the way they use to be. |
Sympathetic | To feel bad for those involved. |