NWEA Vocabulary Words RIT 181-190

Different types of stories and writings. My

favorite ___________ to read is fantasy.

• Fiction

• Genre

How an author decides to write through

the eyes of a narrator or character. For

example: First-Person, Third Person, etc.

• Manual

• Point of View

To look at two or more things

closely in order to see what is

similar about them or in order to

decide which one is better. (Dogs

and Wolves are similar

because…)

• Compare

• Contrast

Something or someone that makes

something else happen. Texting was the

__________ of the car accident.

• Cause

• Effect

This happens because something caused

it to happen. The _____________ of the

tornado was that the family had to find a

new home.

• Cause

• Effect

A word with a meaning that is opposite to

the meaning of another word. Hot is a/an

_____________ of cold.

• Synonym

• Antonym

A list of books, magazines, articles, etc., that are mentioned in a text. The author of the article was mentioned in the ______________.

• Bibliography

• Glossary

A list that gives definitions of the hard or unusual words found in a book. I looked up the definition of the word found in my textbook in the _____________.

• Bibliography

• Glossary

Written stories about people and events that are not real. The short story about zombies is ____________.

• Genre

• Fiction

To tell someone the appearance, sound, smell, events, etc., of (something or someone). Our teacher wants us to ______________ the character.

• Describe

• Classify