Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Massive EOC Review Sheet

The Massive EOC Review Sheet

The EOC for English I is broken into two sections – reading and grammar.  You will need to practice your reading comprehension skills, and you will need to apply your knowledge of literary devices to literature sections.  Also, you will need to proofread.

 

Literary Terms – Be sure that you know what these literary devices are!

 

  • alliteration
  • assonance
  • character
  • direct and indirect characterization
  • character trait
  • connotation and denotation
  • conflict (man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. society)
  • internal conflict
  • external conflict
  • figurative language
  • hyperbole
  • imagery
  • onomatopoeia
  • metaphors (direct and indirect)
  • simile
  • epic simile
  • extended metaphor
  • allusion
  • aside
  • author
  • autobiography
  • ballad
  • blank verse
  • climax
  • comedy
  • comic relief
  • couplet
  • dialogue
  • diction
  • drama
  • monologue
  • epic
  • epithet
  • flashback
  • flash-forward
  • foil
  • foreshadowing
  • free verse
  • haiku
  • iambic pentameter
  • meter
  • irony (situational, verbal, dramatic)
  • lyric poetry
  • mood
  • myth
  • narrator
  • paradox
  • personification
  • plot (plot diagram pieces)
  • poetry
  • point of view (1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient)
  • protagonist
  • antagonist
  • pun
  • rhyme (end and internal)
  • rhythm
  • setting
  • short story
  • solilioquy
  • sonnet
  • speaker
  • stanza
  • line
  • style
  • suspense
  • symbolism
  • theme
  • tone
  • tragedy

2 comments:

Matthew Foster said...

Mr. Miller, what time do we get out of school on Thursday and do we have to come back to school after thursday if dont have to make up an EOC?

Daniel Miller said...

Matt - Our exam is scheduled to last until 11:30. Then we will dismiss. If you don't have to make up an exam or retake, then Thursday is your last day!