Vocabulary Lesson 2: Reading

________ is the ability to see the nature of something.

• introduction

• insight

• figurative

• infer

A _________ is an author or work thought to be of the highest rank.

• narrative

• motive

• foreshadow

• classic

_______ language includes figures of speech such as similes.

• figurative

• insight

• diction

• analogy

An ________ is a section at the beginning of a book that prepares the way for what follows.

• insight

• infer

• introduction

• epilogue

A ______ is a reason for doing something.

• narrative

• classic

• diction

• motive

A _______ is a storybook.

• foreshadow

• introduction

• analogy

• narrative

An _______ is a statement in which the relationship of one thing is likened to that of another thing.

(ex. forward is to back as left is to right)

• introduction

• analogy

• infer

• insight

The choice and use of words in speaking or writing is called _______.

• infer

• diction

• motive

• figurative

When you ______ something, you make a conclusion based on evidence.

• infer

• introduction

• motive

• classic

An author may ________ an event by giving a hint in advance.

• introduction

• classic

• foreshadow

• narrative