NWEA Reading Vocab #1

What is an Analogy?

• A puzzle where you have to figure out how two different things are similar. (For example

  socks are to feet as gloves are to?)

• Comparison using like or as

• Information in the form of a table,

  diagram, etc.

• A sound

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the definition of Argue?

• A comparison NOT using like or as

• To have the same opinion on something

• To give reasons for or against something; to say or write things

  in order to change someone's opinion about what is true, what

  should be done, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.8

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

What is a Caption?

• Who wrote the story

• The title of the story

• Words underneath a picture or diagram used to describe what is being shown

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is a Chart?

• A sentence or group of words that is written on or next to a picture to explain what is being shown.

• Information in the form of a table or

  diagram

• The main idea of the story

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

What is a Climax?

• The ending of the story where the conflict is solved (resolution)

• The setting and characters of the story

• The turning point of the story. Often the most exciting and important part of a story, play, or

  movie that occurs usually near the end.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does it mean to Compare?

• To look at two things closely and see how they are alike

• To look at two things closely and see how they are different

• To describe how

  something or someone looks, or

  sounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does Contrast mean?

• To figure out how things taste

• To figure out how things are alike.

• To figure out how things are different.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a Description?

• The main conflict or problem in the story

• A statement that tells you how something or someone looks, sounds, etc. Words that

  describe something or someone.

• Same sounds at the end of words

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What does it mean to Develop?

• A piece of writing that tells a

  story and is performed on a stage.

• To put in really hard words into an essay that no one will understand

• To make an idea, argument,

  theory, etc. easier to understand by adding details/descriptions.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is a Drama?

• A story that has been passed down over and over that teaches a lesson

• A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on a stage.

• When kids are spreading rumors about each other

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10