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NWEA Reading RIT 191-200

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  1. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  2. argue
    have a disagreement about something
  3. caption
    brief description accompanying an illustration
  4. chart
    a visual display of data or information
  5. climax
    the highest point of anything
  6. compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of
  7. detail
    a small part considered separately from the whole
  8. description
    the act of depicting something
  9. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  10. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  11. entertain
    provide amusement for
  12. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  13. example
    an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  14. figure of speech
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  15. footnote
    a printed comment placed below the main text on a page
  16. guide word
    a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
  17. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  18. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  19. inform
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
  20. label
    a brief description given for purposes of identification
  21. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
  22. meter
    a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
  23. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
  24. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  25. news
    information about recent and important events
  26. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  27. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  28. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  29. purpose
    what something is used for
  30. recipe
    directions for making something
  31. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  32. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  33. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
  34. speaker
    someone who expresses in language
  35. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  36. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
  37. topic
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  38. vocabulary
    a language user's knowledge of words
Created on Thu Mar 18 14:34:13 EDT 2021

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