EOG Vocabulary 15 By: ELA 5th Grade Team

Metaphor A figure of speech comparing two or more things without using “like” or “as”.

Simile A figure of speech comparing two or more things using “like” or “as”.

Onomatopoeia The use of words whose sound suggests the sense

Figurative Language To describe something by comparing it with something else without using the literal meaning  

Narrative A story or account of events, experience, or the like, whether true or fictitious.

Plot The plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel or short story; storyline.

Concept An understanding retained in the mind, from experience; a general idea.

Inference A truth or idea drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true

Evidence Facts or observations presented in support of an idea.

Idiom A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the literal meaning.