NWEA List #2

to give information, ideas, opinions, etc. about something in writing

• determine

• identify

• generate

• describe

A brief composition (piece of writing) on a single subject that usually presents the personal views of the author

• essay

• discuss

• determine

• identify

words or a phrase that has a meaning that is different from the literal meaning

• figurative language

• entertain

• demonstrate

• identify

clues in a story that hint at later events

• entertain

• foreshadow

• develop

• describe

Decide something using evidence or facts

• determine

• express

• discuss

• elaborate

Say or write in a clear way

• entertain

• distinguish

• express

• elaborate

a conclusion that can be made about someone or something based on clues given in the text, the author does not state it, the reader needs to figure it out

• infer / inference

• determine

• identify

• generate

to explain in greater detail

• argument

• create

• articulate

• elaborate

An extreme exaggeration

• develop

• hyperbole

• describe

• entertain

to gain information from reading a text

• entertain

• discuss

• infer

• inform