Duplicate of NWEA Vocabulary

A list of writings with time and place of publication

A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem (Like a paragraph)

a scene that interrupts an action of a story to show a previous event

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to animals, plants, and objects

Word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name (i.g. NASA)

An account of the author's personal experiences

A text structure that describes events in order they happened or steps

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character

A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

The life story of a person written by that person

Connections that readers make between the text and target issues and ideas at a large scale

To repeat exactly what someone else has said or written

Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature in a story

A literary or historical reference

The narrator is a character in the story

A person says or writes one thing and means another

Words or phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader

The repetition of consonants especially at the ends of words

Comparison between two unlike things

A text structure that tells about a problem and looks for possible solutions

a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

Pattern of sound and silence in music

A collection of stories from different authors

Highest drama or tension or a major turning point in the action of a story

Connections that readers make between one text and another text

A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

Hinting or indicating in some way that something will happen later in the text

A diagram that uses circles to represent set theory

Events in a story that build suspense and occur before the climax

arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a story is enacted

A comparison between two things using the words like or as

Act of taking possession of or power over something

Expectations of what will happen and what actually happens are not the same

Two words pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

A word having the same or almost the same meaning as another word

The reason why something happens

A story meant to teach a useful lesson that often has animals that speak and act like humans

Brief description accompanying an illustration

A writer of poems

A collection of maps in book form

Shows how 2 or more things are alike or different

A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens

Something is being described by its features

The base word

Two words that have opposing meanings

Transitional phrase used to CITE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Order of events over time

A story of a person's life events written by someone else

Connections readers make between the text and their experience of background knowledge

Words spoken between characters

An affix that is added in front of the word

In a constructed response what do you do first?

Story featuring folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants.

An improbably story

The narrator can only relate to the reader what is SEEN/HEARD

Story is set in the future and has elements of fiction, fantasy, and scientific fact

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action

The repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Text structure that talks about why something happens and the result of what happens

Use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

Use of words that imitate sounds they define like buzz, sizzle, hiss

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

In what part of an RACE (constructed response) uses the sentence stems I believe, I think, etc.

Writing that ridicules shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring change

Logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

A character that represents universal patterns of human nature

A goddess who inspires artists

Reader understands more about events of a story than the character does

Literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, and characters

Not directly stated in the text, but may be inferred from the text

A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life

Two words are joined to form a new word

Replication of something that is much smaller

Central idea of what a story is mostly about

Directly stated in the text

Point in a story at which the conflict or problem is solved

A vowel or a group of letters containing one vowel sound

Series of events that take place after climax and lead to resolution or conclusion

The narrator tells the story to another character using the word "you"

Short account of an incident

A logical conclusion based on prior knowledge and textual evidence

Making something seem more important that it really is

An affix that is added at the end of the word

A story's sequence of events