Reading WME (Word Meanings and Word Choice)
Affix Correct Answer: This is a syllable or word element that can only occur in front of or after a root or
stem.
Allegory Correct Answer: This is a story with two or more levels of meaning--a literal level and a
symbolic level--in which events, setting, and characters are symbols for ideas or qualities.
Allusion Correct Answer: This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or
religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar.
Analogy Correct Answer: This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise
dissimilar.
Analyze Correct Answer: This verb means to separate a whole into its parts and then look more closely
at those parts.
Author's Purpose Correct Answer: This is the reason for creating written work.
Bias Correct Answer: This is a prejudice that is leaning toward a positive or negative judgment on
something; a personal judgment or opinion about a particular person, position, or thing.
Categorical Claim Correct Answer: This is a blanket statement about something. It is used to as a
strategy to convince readers of the truth of the writer's position. It is called a __________ claim.
Cognates Correct Answer: These are words that have a common origin.
Connotation Correct Answer: This refers to the feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary
definition of a word.
Context Correct Answer: When we find the meaning of a word (or phrase) by looking at the words and
sentences around it, we are using ____ clues.
Context Clues Correct Answer: These are in the text surrounding a word and give hints for the meaning
of the word. They are called ___ ___.
Denotation Correct Answer: The literal definition of a word is also called its ______.
Derivation Correct Answer: This is the process by which a word is created from other words.
Diction Correct Answer: This is the writer's choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the
appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.
Domain Correct Answer: This describes the words used in a specialty area, career, or subject. They are
called ___-specific.
Affix Correct Answer: This is a syllable or word element that can only occur in front of or after a root or
stem.
Allegory Correct Answer: This is a story with two or more levels of meaning--a literal level and a
symbolic level--in which events, setting, and characters are symbols for ideas or qualities.
Allusion Correct Answer: This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or
religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar.
Analogy Correct Answer: This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise
dissimilar.
Analyze Correct Answer: This verb means to separate a whole into its parts and then look more closely
at those parts.
Author's Purpose Correct Answer: This is the reason for creating written work.
Bias Correct Answer: This is a prejudice that is leaning toward a positive or negative judgment on
something; a personal judgment or opinion about a particular person, position, or thing.
Categorical Claim Correct Answer: This is a blanket statement about something. It is used to as a
strategy to convince readers of the truth of the writer's position. It is called a __________ claim.
Cognates Correct Answer: These are words that have a common origin.
Connotation Correct Answer: This refers to the feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary
definition of a word.
Context Correct Answer: When we find the meaning of a word (or phrase) by looking at the words and
sentences around it, we are using ____ clues.
Context Clues Correct Answer: These are in the text surrounding a word and give hints for the meaning
of the word. They are called ___ ___.
Denotation Correct Answer: The literal definition of a word is also called its ______.
Derivation Correct Answer: This is the process by which a word is created from other words.
Diction Correct Answer: This is the writer's choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the
appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.
Domain Correct Answer: This describes the words used in a specialty area, career, or subject. They are
called ___-specific.
