NWEA Reading Vocabulary RIT 191-200

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American Literature: short stories, novels, plays, and poems written by authors from the United States

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short stories, novels, plays, and poems written by authors from the United States

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analogy

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A comparison of two different things that are alike in some way.

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argue

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present reasons and arguments

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caption

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A title or short description of a picture

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chart

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a table that lists data

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climax

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Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

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compare

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How things are alike

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compare and contrast

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how two things are alike or different

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description

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A telling in words how a person, place, thing, or event looks and behaves.

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What does the term "detail" refer to?

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An individual feature, fact, description significant to the story.