NWEA Reading Vocab #1

Front

What is an Analogy?

Back

A puzzle where you have to figure out how two different things are similar. (For example, socks are to feet as gloves are to hands.)

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is a Drama?

Back

A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on a stage.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

What are Guide Words?

Back

Words at the top of the dictionary to help the reader locate the words they are looking for.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Front

What is a Narrator?

Back

A person who is unseen but you hear the words they say that describe a movie, a play, or a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Front

What does Inform mean?

Back

When an author creates a piece to give you facts about something to help you learn.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Front

What is a Metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is a Simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What is a Theme?

Back

The main idea or underlying message of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Front

What is a Character?

Back

A person, animal, or figure represented in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What is a Setting?

Back

The time and place in which a story occurs.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3