RL9 Vocabulary

To say something is similar to something else

• compare

• contrast

• identify

• provide

To say that something is different from something else

• compare

• contrast

• develop

• excerpt

to cause something to grow bigger or more advanced

• identify

• provide

• develop

• compare

A small part of a longer written work

• excerpt

• genre

• theme

• topic

A short story that usually is about animals and that is intended to teach a lesson

• excerpt

• fable

• theme

• genre

A particular type or category of literature

• compare

• theme

• genre

• fable

To find out who someone is or what something is

• provide

• identify

• develop

• contrast

To supply or make something available

• genre

• compare

• develop

• provide

The lesson or moral that is learned by reading the text

• topic

• genre

• theme

• excerpt

The main subject of the text

• topic

• excerpt

• theme

• fable