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OGT Reading Vocabulary Test 10.03.12
List of words for OGT Prep Reading
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Language - English
10th Grade
09/27/2012

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Analogy
Definition
A method of explaining something unfamiliar by using a comparison of similar things.
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Chronological
Definition
An organizational structure of text in which events are placed in the order they occur in time.
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Footnote
Definition
A reference, explanation, or comment usually placed below the text on a printed page.
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Fallacy
Definition
A typical error in reasoning that arises commonly in ordinary discourse and renders unsound the argument in which it appears.
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Expository
Definition
A spoken or written composition intending to ser forth or explain.
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Fable
Definition
A story intended to enforce a useful truth, especially one in which animals speak and act like human beings.
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Focus
Definition
The center of interest or attention; in writing, the central idea.
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Format
Definition
The shape,size and general makeup (as of something printed).
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Gerund
Definition
A verb form that ends in -ing and is used as a noun (e.g reading is fun).
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Hyperbole
Definition
A figure of speech which uses a deliberate exaggeration.
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Literary Element
Definition
A compound of a piece of literature such as a plot or setting in a story.
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Mood
Definition
A reflection of an author's attitude toward a subject of a theme.
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Narrative
Definition
One of four traditional forms of composition in speech and writing which tells a story or gives an account of something.
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Persuasive
Definition
One of four traditional forms of composition in speech and writing which moves the reader by argument or entreaty to a belief or porsition.
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Plot
Definition
Stages include exposition (background), rising action, climas, falling action, and resolution.
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Root Word
Definition
In a complex word, the meaningful base form after all affixes are removed, such as read in unreadable
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Secondary Source
Definition
Reporting on or analyzing information from another source.
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Sequencing
Definition
The arrangement in which things follow in a logical order or a recurrent pattern.
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Skim and Scan
Definition
To examine or read something quickly, but selectively, for a particular purpose.
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Style
Definition
An author's distinctive manner of expression.
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Venn Diagram
Definition
Mapping technique using overlapping circles showing features either unique or common to two or more concepts.
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