NWEA Reading Vocabulary RIT 191-200

American Literature

• short stories, novels, plays, and poems written by authors from the United States
• An individual feature, fact, description significant to the story
• A statement expressing a specific idea or theme related to the topic.
• End of the story where loose ends are tied up

analogy

• A comparison of two different things that are alike in some way.
• A long fictional narrative written in prose, usually having many characters and a strong plot.
• A daily or weekly publication of current events.
• A type of autobiography that covers a short period of time in the author's life

argue

• present reasons and arguments
• A device used to produce figurative language. many compare dissimilar things. This includes hyperbole,, simile, metaphor, personification, irony
• a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event
• how two things are alike or different

caption

• A title or short description of a picture
• A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
• the subject treated in a paragraph or work of writing
• short stories, novels, plays, and poems written by authors from the United States

chart

• a table that lists data
• The author is trying to convince readers to make a decision to take physical action or think differently about a topic.
• The author is trying to convince readers to make a decision to take physical action or think differently about a topic.
• A daily or weekly publication of current events.

climax

• Most exciting moment of the story;turning point
• the reason The author's purpose is to: Entertain, Inform, Persuade, etc.
• the reason The author's purpose is to: Entertain, Inform, Persuade, etc.
• a play

compare

• How things are alike
• A title or short description of a picture
• A long fictional narrative written in prose, usually having many characters and a strong plot.
• A specific case that is used to demonstrate a general idea.

compare and contrast

• how two things are alike or different
• one type of author's purpose; to inform the reader about facts on a subject
• The words at the top of a dictionary page the tell you the first and last words on that page
• one type of author's purpose; to inform the reader about facts on a subject

description

• A telling in words how a person, place, thing, or event looks and behaves
• a fact can be proved, an opinion is a belief and can not be supported by proof or evidence
• End of the story where loose ends are tied up
• a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event

detail

• An individual feature, fact, description significant to the story
• A group of lines in a poem that form a single unit.
• how two things are alike or different
• A printed note or definition placed below the text at the bottom of the page