Vocabulary and Comprehension Assessment

exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical

• literal
• abstract
• symbolic
• figurative

1. 1. able to read 2. well-read

• literate

• uneducated
• poorly read
• illiterate

to completely destroy

• obliterate
• annihilate
• eradicate
• exterminate

not done according to reason

• sensible
• reasonable
• irrational
• illogical

a comparison

• illogical

• obliterate

• analogy

• literal

sorry; showing regret

• apologetic

• regret
• sorrow
• disappointment

to draw a detailed picture of; to map out

• illustrate
• outline
• sketch
• diagram

to train; to teach

• program

• mentor
• instruct
• train

describing a person's life

• A novel
• An autobiography
• biographical

• A memoir

giving details about; illustrating; explaining

• obscuring
• descriptive

• confusing
• clarifying