NWEA Reading RIT 211-220

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art Source:

• Wiggins, Grant. Prentice Hall Literature: Language and Literacy. Upper Saddle River, N. J: Pearson, 2010. Print.

A part at the end of a book that contains additional information

• Source: Longman Dictionary of American English: [the Key to Vocabulary Building]. Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Ltd, 2007. Print.

Refers to how an author describes a character's traits, personality, and appearance

To compare two people, idea, objects, etc. to show how they are different from each other Source: Longman Dictionary of American English: [the Key to Vocabulary Building]. Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Ltd, 2007. Print.

A writer speaks or writes of a subject as though it wre something else Source: Wiggins, Grant. Prentice Hall Literature: Language and Literacy. Upper Saddle River, N. J: Pearson, 2010. Print.

Letters that list the first word on a page and the last word on a page, as usually found in a dictionary

A word that sounds the same as another word, but is different in spelling or meaning Source: Longman Dictionary of American English: [the Key to Vocabulary Building]. Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Ltd, 2007. Print.

A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other. Example: wise fool Source: Wiggins, Grant. Prentice Hall Literature: Language and Literacy. Upper Saddle River, N. J: Pearson, 2010. Print.

1. to find an answer to a problem or a way of dealing with it 2. strong determination to succeed in doing something Source: Longman Dictionary of American English: [the Key to Vocabulary Building]. Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Ltd, 2007. Print.

A feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work Source: Longman Dictionary of American English: [the Key to Vocabulary Building]. Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Ltd, 2007. Print.