OGT Review Notes
1.) Speaker:
 Person telling the story or giving information
2.) Theme:
 Underlying meaning (three evidence from the text
3.) Summarizes:
 Shortened explanation of a certain part of the passage
4.) Figurative
 Hypothetical connotative definition (not actually occur)
5.) Literal:
 Text book definition (actually happens)
6.) Personification:
 Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object
7.) Ironic:
 Unexpected twist
8.) Author’s Intent/Purpose:
 Why did the author do this?
9.) Paraphrase:
 Condense information into your own words
10.)
Metaphor:
 Comparison of two things without using like or as
11.)
Simile:
 Comparison of two items with like or as
12.)
Compare:
 Analyzing similarities
13.)
Contrast:
 Analyzing differences
14.)
Tone:
 Author’s feelings & emotions
15.)
Mood:
 Reader’s feelings & emotions