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=**R** =


 * Reading critically:** Reading in which a questioning attitude, logical analysis and inference are used to judge the worth of text; evaluating relevancy and adequacy of what is read; the judgment of validity or worth of what is read, based on sound criteria.


 * Reading rate:** The speed at which a person reads, usually silently.


 * Research:** A systematic inquiry into a subject or problem in order to discover, verify or revise relevant facts or principles having to do with that subject or problem.
 * Resolution:** The portion of a story following the climax, in which the conflict is resolved. The resolution of Jane Austen's //Northanger Abbey// is neatly summed up in the following sentence: "Henry and Catherine were married, the bells rang and everybody smiled."


 * Retell:** A child is asked to recount in her/his own words a story or article that has just been read. The exercise encourages the youngster to think conceptually and look at the bigger picture, but also include details of character, plot, setting, conflict and resolution or main ideas and important supporting details.


 * Rhyme:** Identical or very similar recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem.


 * Rhythm:** The pattern or beat of a poem.


 * Rising Action:** The part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated. Rising action leads up to the climax, or turning point.

===Root Word: A root word is one to which prefixes and suffixes can be added to form different words. These new words are derived from the root word and are called derivatives or derivations. The root word //help//, for example, can be built up into the derivatives //helpful, unhelpful, helpless, helper// and more. ===