NWEA Vocabulary (RIT + 210)!

To judge the value or condition of someone or something in a careful and thoughtful way.

When you don't get a word/phrase and use nearby sentences as clues to understand the meaning

To think of or describe something as larger or greater than it really is.

Special phrases used by authors to make their writing more interesting (metaphors, similes).

A small part of a longer written work. A few sentences, or a paragraph out of a novel.

A list of the books, magazines, articles, etc., that have been used for a report.

A short story about an interesting or funny event in your life that you share with others.

A statement where someone uses evidence to fight against another opinion.

The things that are said by the characters in a story, movie, play, etc.

The use of words that begin with the same sound near one another (E.g., "Wild and Woolly").

Special wording techniques writers use to create text that is clear, interesting, + memorable.

A published collection of writings (such as poems or short stories) by different authors.

Writing that looks at a topic and identifies an issue and then provides a way to fix the issue.

A brief statement that gives the most important information about a topic.

The order in which things happen or should happen.

A writing in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinions of its editors or publishers.

The arrangement of things following one after another in time.

Books, encyclopedias, journals, etc. that help you find information.

The important parts of a story that authors include in order to create a great story.

A phrase that uses the words like or as to compare two totally different things...

A written story where a person (such as a famous politician) describes past life experiences.

A way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc.

Something that is believed to be true or probably true based on partial facts.

A combination of letters that represent a longer phrase.

A word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning.