to look for information verb I am going to research the Oregon Trail.

part of a movie or a play noun Scene two in the Nutcracker featured the evil mice.

a published group of poems or other pieces of writing noun I read an anthology of realistic fiction short stories.

GIVE REASONS TO PERSUADE OTHERS NOUN I AM GIVING MY ARGUMENT FOR WHY YOU SHOULD BE GOING ON THE OREGON TRAIL.

a thing that is accepted as true without proof noun I am making an assumption that you love football, because I see you play it on the playground.

a complete list of items, usually in alphabetical order noun order

using the words around it to determine the meaning of an unknown word noun

the first copy of your writing noun I had to take home my rough draft realistic fiction story for homework.