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syntax

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the patterns and rules that form the foundation

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conjugation

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the formation or existence of a link or connection between things, in a particular

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word choice

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refers to a writer's selection of words as determined by a number of factors, including meaning.

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onomatopoeia

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is the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz, whisper, gargle, and murmur

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hyperbole

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is a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.

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idiom

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is an expression that has a meaning of its individual words.

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Imagery

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consists of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses.

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Inductive Reasoning

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is the process of logical reasoning that starts with observations, examples, and facts and moves on to a general conclusion or principle.

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Inference

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is a logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience.

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Journal

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is a periodical publication issued by a legal, medical, or other professional organization.

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Legend

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is a story handed down from the past about a specific person, usually someone of heroic accomplishments.

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Limerick

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is a short, humorous poem composed of five lines.

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Piaget four stages of cognitive development

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1-sensimotor intelligence , birth to age 2 2- Preoperational ages 2-7 3-concrete operations ages 7-11 4- Formal operations ages 11- adulthood

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Piagets sensimotor intelligence

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deals with the pre-language period of development. The child is most concerned with coordinating movement and action.

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Piaget's Preoperational stage

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It is two substages 1-preconceptual phase- most behavior is based on subjective judgement 2-Intuitive phase- children use language to verbalize their experiences and mental processes

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Piagets concrete operations stage

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children begin to apply logic to concrete objects and experiences. they can combine performance and reasoning to solve problems.

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Piaget's Formal operations stage

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adolescents begin to think beyond the immediate and to theorize. They apply formal logic to interpreting abstract constructions and to recognizing that are contrary to fact.

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Kohlberg's Theories of Moral development

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Level 1: pre-conventional -moral values reside in external acts rather than in persons or standards Level 2: conventional -Moral values reside in maintaining conventions of right behavior. Level 3: post-conventional-Moral values reside in principles separate in association from the persons or agencies that enforce these principles.

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Kohlberg's Level one of moral development

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stage 0- premoral stage1- obedience and punishment orientation (how can I avoid punishment?) stage 2- right action/ self interest orientation (what's in it for me?)

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Kohlberg's Level 2 of moral development

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Stage 3- good-person orientation (the good girl/boy attitude) Stage 4-Law-and-order orientation (law and order morality)

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Kohlberg's Level 3 of moral development

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Stage 5-Prior-rights-and-social-contract orientation Stage 6- Conscience orientation

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B.F Skinner

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an experimental psychologist at Harvard who has developed behaviorism as a position in learning.

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Humanistic Theory of Development

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1- need for physical well being 2-need for love 3-need to belong 4-need to achieve competence 5-need to know 6- need for beauty and order

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Theory of Psychosocial Development

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Stage 1-trust versus mistrust stage 2- achieving autonomy Stage 3-developing initiative Stage 4- Becoming industrious Stage 5- Establishing identity

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Theory of Multiple intelligences

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was developed in 1983 by Dr. Howard Gardner , it suggests that the traditional notion of intelligence, based on I.Q testing, is far too limited.

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antithesis

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balances writing about conflicting ideas, usually expressed in sentence form. Some examples are expanding from the center, shedding old habits, and searching never finding.

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Aphorism

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A focused, succinct expression about life form a sagacious viewpoint.

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Apostrophe

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Literary device of addressing an absent or dead person, an abstract idea, or an inanimate object.

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Blank verse

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poetry written in iambic pentameter but unrhymed.

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Caesura

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A pause, usually signaled by punctuation, in a line of poetry.

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Conceit

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A whimsical or fancifully ingenious idea or an elaborate, startling, extravagant, or strained metaphor, usually in verse.

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Connotation

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the ripple effect surrounding the implications and associations of a given word, distinct from the denotative, or literal meaning.

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Context

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the author's feelings, beliefs, past experiences, goals, needs, and physical environment.

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interpret

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means essentially to read with understanding and appreciation.

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Symbols

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referred to a sign, a symbol designates something that stands for something else.

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Consonance

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the reputation of similar consonant sounds, most often used in poetry

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Couplet

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Two rhyming lines of poetry.

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Denotation

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what a word literally means, as opposed to its connotative meaning.

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Dictation

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the right word in the right spot for the right purpose

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Epiphany

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The moment when the proverbial light bulb goes off in one's head and comprehension sets in.

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exposition

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Fill-in or background information about characters meant to clarify and add to the narrative, the initial plot element which precedes the build up of conflict.

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Figurative Language

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Not meant in a literal sense but to be interpreted through symbolism.

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free verse

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Poetry that does not have any predictable meter or patterning

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for a specific effect.

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Iambic Pentameter

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The two elements in a set five-foot line of poetry

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Inversion

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Typical english word order is reversed for a specific purpose.

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Irony

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An unexpected disparity between what is written or stated and what is really meant or implied by the author.

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Kenning

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another way to describe a person, place, or thing so as to avoid prosaic repetition.

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Metaphysical Poetry

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Verse characterization by ingenious wit, unparalleled imagery and clever conceits.

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Metonymy

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Use of an object or idea closely identified with another object or idea to represent the second.

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Motif

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a key, oft-repeated phrase, name, or idea in a literary work.

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Onomatopoeia

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Word used to evoke the sound in its meaning.

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Ottava rima

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a specific eight-line stanza of poetry whose rhyme scheme is abababcc

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oxymoron

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a contradictory form of speech, such as jumbo shrimp, unkindly kind.

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Paradox

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seemingly untrue statement, which when examined more closely proves to be true.

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Parallelism

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a type of close repetition of clauses or phrases that emphasizes key topics or ideas in writing .

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or concepts.

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Quatrain

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a poetic stanza composed of four lines

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scansion

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the two part analysis of a poetic line

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soliloquy

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a highlighted speech, in drama, usually delivered by a major character expounding on the author's philosophy or expressing, at times, universal truths.

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Spenserian Stanza

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invented by Sir Edmund Spenser for The Fairie Queene his epic poem honoring Queen Elizabeth 1

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Sprung Rhythm

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invented and used extensively by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Stream of Consciousness

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a style of writing that reflects the mental processes of the characters expressing, at times, jumbled memories, feelings, and dreams.

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Terza Rima

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a series of poetic stanzas utilizing the recurrent rhyme scheme of aba, bcb, cdc, ded and so forth.

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Tone

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the discernible attitude inherent in a n authors work regarding the subject, readership or characters.

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Wit

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writing off genius, keenness, and sagacity expressed through clever use of language.

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Structure

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the first step in analyzing the structure of a piece of writing is to determine what the point is and where the writer has chosen to put it-at the beginning, some place in the middle, or at the end.

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Areas of emerging evidence

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- Experiences with print help preschool children develop an understanding of the conventions, purpose, and functions of print. -phonological awareness and letter recognition contribute to initial reading acquisition by helping children develop efficient word recognition strategies. -Storybook reading affects children's knowledge about, strategies for and attitudes toward's reading.

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Design Principles in Emergent Literacy

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-Conspicuous strategies ( are a sequence of teaching events and teacher actions used to help students learn new literacy information and relate it to their existing knowledge) -Mediated Scaffolding (to link oral and written language for example teacher may use texts that stimulate speech by incorporating oral language patterns or children writing) -Strategic Integration - (can be applied to help link old and new learning) -Primed Background Knowledge- (to help children link their personal literacy experiences to begging reading instruction, while also closing the gap between student's with rich and students with impoverished literacy experiences)

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Allegory

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a story in verse or prose with characters representing virtues and vices.

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Autobiography

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a form of biography written by the subject himself herself.

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Ballad

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an in medias res story told or sung, usually in verse and accompanied by music

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Biography

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a portrait of the life of an individual other than oneself.

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Drama

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Plays-comedy, modern, or tragedy-typically in five acts.

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Epic

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a poem usually of book length reflecting values inherent in the generative culture.

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Epistle

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A letter that is not always originally intended for public distribution; yet, owing to the fame of its sender or recipient, it becomes public domain.

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Essay

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typically a limited length prose work focusing on a topic and propounding a definite point of view and authoritative tone.

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Fable

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Terse tale offering up a moral or exemplum.

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Myth

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stories that are more or less universally shared within a culture to explain its history and traditions.

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Novel

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the longest form of fictional prose containing a variety of characterizations, settings, local color and regionalism

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Poem

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The only requirement is rhythm

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Romance

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imaginative tale set in a fantastical realm dealing with the conflicts between heroes, villains and or monsters.

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Short story

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a terse narrative with less developmental background about characters.

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Comedy

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form of dramatic literature is meant to amuse and often ends happily.

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Tragedy

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denied as a work of drama written in either prose or poetry, telling the story off a brave, noble hero who, because of some tragic character flaw, brings ruin upon herself.

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Drama

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is any work that is designed to be performed by actors on stage.

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Dramatic Monologue

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is a speech given by an actor, usually intended for themselves, but with the intended audience in mind.

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Jargon

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nonsensical talk; specialized language

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technical language

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is a form of jargon

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regionalism

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a group (ofen ethnic) which identifies with a particular region of a state rather than with the state as a whole

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Pitch

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refers to the length, tension, and thickness of a person's vocal bands.

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root words

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Main part of the word that provides the word's basic meaning also known as 'base words'.

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Base words

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Words from which many other words are formed

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Contractions

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a shortened form of a word or group of words with the omitted letters often replaced in written English by an apostrophe

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Prefix

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a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning

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Suffixes

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letters added at the end of a base word that alters the meaning

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Compound word

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word made of two or more word roots

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inflectional endings

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Sounds, which are added to words to indicate tense, possession, number of comparison

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allusion

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A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion.

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symbolism

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A device in literature where an object represents an idea.

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style

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The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech.

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irony

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A contrast between expectation and reality

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foreshadowing

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A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

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tone

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A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

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figurative language

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Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

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syntax

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Sentence structure. The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

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expository writing

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writing that explains or informs

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sociological

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expected and accepted patterns of interpersonal relations in economic, political, military, religious and other associations

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narrative

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A poem that tells a story

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argumentative writing

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a style of writing that persuades the reader to the author's viewpoint through fact and logic

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prewriting

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Which stage of writing should you never skip or skimp on

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proofreading

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the most important part of preparing correspondence

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revising

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THIRD STEP IN WRITING PROCESS WHERE STUDENTS MAKE CHANGES TO THE CONTENT OF WHAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN ON THE BASIS OF REREADING THEIR DRAFTS, AS WELL AS SUGGESTIONS FROM THE TEACHER AND/OR OTHER STUDENTS.

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drafting

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Purpose- getting ideas down on paper quickly; getting a first draft that can be evaluated according to purpose and audience. Strategies- fast writing; daily writing;journals of all types; buddy journals, dialogue journals, learning logs.

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editing

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The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing

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idioms

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a set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words

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figure of speech

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A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech include apotrophe hyperbole irony metaphor oxymoron paradox personification simile syneddoche understatement

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collaborative learning

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The instructional strategy in which a teacher places students of varying abilities & interests to work together in small groups to solve a problem, complete a project, or achieve a common goal is known as:

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literary text

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A wide range of texts that tell a story to make a point, express a personal opinion, or provide an enjoyable experience

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informational text

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Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual information. Informational texts comprise the majority of printed material adults read (e.g., textbooks, newspapers, reports, directions, brochures, technical manuals).

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fiction

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A story that is not true or is made up

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nonfiction

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writing that tells about real people, places, and events

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formal assessment

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Preplanned, systematic attempt to ascertain what students have learned.

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informal assessment

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Non-standardized tests such as criterion referenced test and teacher-prepared test. No rigid rules or procedures. Assessment that results from a teacher's spontaneous, day-to-day observations of how students behave and perform in class.

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student assessment

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-help determine the effect of a program, curriculum innovation, strategy, professional development -Once a lesson has ended, a clear picture of how well students have mastered the stated objectives must be in your grasp. If there is a discrepancy between the intent and what was achieved, then you must decide whether reteaching is necessary

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paraphrasing

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Putting into words the ideas or feelings you have perceived from the message

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citing information

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The simplest way to record sources is to make a numbered list of all sources by title and date, including all online, oral, and print sources. When students find something they want to use, they can jot down the information, placing the appropriate identification number after the informa- tion, and including a page number if using a print source... saying where you got info. from

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compare-contrast

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a process of considering similarities and differences between two concepts or events

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cause and effect

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The reason something happens and the result of it happening.

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identify several pieces of work designed to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.

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The most appropriate technique for teaching students the concepts of an author's purpose is to have the students

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selecting a part of a text to rewrite from the perspective of a particular character.

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a middle school language arts teacher would like to help students understand how a narrative point of view affects the message conveyed in a literary text. Given this purpose, the teacher should have his students do which of the following activities?

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anthropological

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Which of the following critical approaches to literature focuses on everyday life in various cultures (e.g., traditions, rituals, celebrations)?

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understanding that print in English is read from left to right.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of emergent literacy?

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chronological

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Students are preparing to write a newspaper article about the life cycle of the alligator. Which of the following would be the most likely type of organization that they might use in the article?

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mutual intent

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A 7th grade teacher wants her students to actively engage in group discussion. However, when she places students in their respective groups, provides them a summary of her expectations, topics, roles and goals, only one group's outcomes are compatible with those she intended. She polls the class and discovers that the groups that erred did not understand their mission. Which of the following personal conduct components did she not adequately address?

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seventeenth century

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Children's literature became established in the

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need for love/acceptance

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In the hierarchy of needs for adolescents who are becoming more team oriented in their approach to learning, which need do there exhibit most?

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biological capability to articulate sounds

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Which aspect of language is innate?

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social and environmental conditions have contributed to an escalated maturity level than research done twenty or more years ago would seem to indicate

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The most significant drawback to applying learning theory research to classroom practice is that

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free-form responses to comprehension questions increased motivation

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Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) accommodates all of the following factors in reading instruction except for:

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exposition

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To explain or inform belongs in the category of

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emulate the writing of professionals

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Modeling is a practice that requires students to:

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connotation

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Which level of meaning is the hardest aspect of a language to master?

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allusion

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Which of the following terms does not denote a figure of speech(figurative language)?

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anachronism

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The appearance of a Yankee from the Connecticut in the Court of the King Arthur is an example of:

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hyberbole

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This statement, \"I'll die if I don't pass this course, \" exemplifies a/an:

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apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which someone absent or something inhuman is addressed as though present and able to respond describes:

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the specific word choices an author makes in order to create a particular mood or feeling in the reader

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Dictation is best defined as:

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\"Happiness sped through the halls cajoling as it went.\"

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The literary device of personification is used in which example below?

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dialogue

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A conversation between two or more people is called a/an

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The Outsiders, S.E Hinton

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Among junior-high school students of low-to-average readability levels , which work would most likely stir reading interest?

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limerick

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Consider the following Poem: My name is John Welington Wells, I'm a dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-fill'd purses, In prophecies , witches, and knells. This poem would be considered a:

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identifying a translation on the appropriate reading level

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Which of the following would be the most significant factor in teaching Homer's lilac and Odyssey to any particular group of students?

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Ask the students to rephrase their writing: that is, translate it into language appropriate for the school principal to read

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If the student uses slang and expletives, what is the bet course of action to take in order to improve the students formal communication skills?

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persuasion

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Oral debate is most closely associated with which form of discourse?

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euphemism

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The substitution of \"went to his rest\" for died\" exemplifies a

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read a condensed version of the story and practice attentive listening skills

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The students in Mrs. Cline's seventh grade language arts class were invited to attend a performance of Romeo and Juliet presented by the drama class at the high school. To best prepare, they should:

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reading all rough drafts before the students write the final copies

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Which of the following is the least effective procedure for promoting consciousness of audience?

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Five

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A student informative composition should consist of a minimum of how many paragraphs?

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at the end of the paragraph

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In \"inverted triangle' introductory paragraphs, the thesis sentence occurs:

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ellipsis

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A punctuation mark indicating omission, interrupted thought, or an incomplete statement is a/an:

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they read newspapers, magazines, and books on a regular basis

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For students with poor vocabularies, the teacher should recommend first that:

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In keeping with the graduation tradition, the students, in spite of the rain, standing in the cafeteria tossing their mortarboards

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Which groups of words is not a sentence?

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syntax

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The arrangement and relationship of words in sentences or sentence structures best describes

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Some students prefer watching videos to textbooks because they are used for visual presentation

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Identify the sentence that has an error in parallel structure.

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The authors-John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulker-are staples of modern writing in american literature textbooks.

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Which of the following sentences is unambiguously properly punctuated?

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makes comments on the appropriateness of the students interpretation of the prompt and the degree to which the objectives was met

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A formative evaluation of students writing:

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reading a passage no more than twice

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Which item is not a research based strategy that supports reading?

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references materials that classroom instruction has prepared the students to read

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Effective assessment requires that

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it is integrated with instruction and is not intrusive

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Effective assessment means that:

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reading material through only once, but read slowly and carefully

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To enhance reading comprehension, experts recommend all of these techniques except for:

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appeal

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A composition with no voice will lack the following quality:

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its process

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Varying the complexity of a graphic organizer exemplifies differentiating which aspect of a lesson?

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recognizing story structure

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A teacher has taught his students to self-monitor their reading by locating where in the passage they are having difficulty, by identifying the specific problem there, and by restating the difficult sentence or passage in their own words. These strategies are examples of:

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always

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Reading assessment should take place

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dividing the class into independent study groups

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Overcrowded classes prevent the individual attention needed to facilitate language development. This drawback can be best overcome by:

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English is the easiest

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Which of the following is not true about English?

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Evaluative

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Which of the following responses to literature typically give middle school students the most problems?

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mapping

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Writing ideas quickly without interruption the flow of thoughts or attention to conventions is called:

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twenty minutes

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In a timed essay test of an hour's duration, how much time should be devoted to prewriting?

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clustering

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Which of the following is a technique of prewriting?

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portfolio assessment

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Reading a piece of students writing to assess the overall impression of the product is:

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details and examples supporting the main idea

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Which of the following should not be included in the opening paragraph of an informative essay?

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Probable passage

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is a strategy to improve comprehension, develop an awareness of story structure, and increased vocabulary development.

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chronological order

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features a sequence of events that unfold over a period of time.

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graphic organizers

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A type of visual displaly, chart, graphic, etc. that helps students with planning, organizing, connecting, engaging and evaluating their larning. They are tools that assist teachers and students in the learning process. They take many forms, venn diagrams, semantic maps, timelines, KWL charts, story maps, outlines, etc.

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probable passage

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is a strategy to improve comprehension, develop an awareness of story structure, and increase vocabulary development.

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Story mapping

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(webbing) making graphic representations of stories that make clear the specific relationships of story elements. Helps students think about a passage and its structure

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authors purpose

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The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

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word recognition

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The ability of a reader to recognize written words correctly with virtually no effort

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genre

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A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

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reading workshop

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an approach in which students read self-selected texts independently

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writing workshop

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scheduled time for writing, with the explicit teaching of something about writing in a focus lesson, writing time, and a group share time

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semi-colon

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Joining of 2 or more similar thoughts

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Tell tale heart

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Edgar Allen Poe

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Casey at the Bat

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Ernest Lawrence Thayer

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America the beautiful

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Samuel Ward

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dashes

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- use to show change in though

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dangling modifiers

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phrases that do not relate to the subject being modified. (EX: \"Weighing the options carefully, a decision was made about convicting the criminal.\" - who is weighing the options? Correction: \"Weighing the options carefully, the judge made a decision...\")

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misplaced modifiers

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phrases not placed near the word they modify. (EX: \"One damaged house stood only to remind townspeople of the hurricane.\" - suggests that the sole reason the house remained was to serve as a reminder. Correction: \"Only one damaged house stood, reminding townspeople of the hurricane.\"

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capitalization

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the use of capital letters at the beginning of sentences and certain kinds of words

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parentheses

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Nonessential modifiers are enclosed in:

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punctuation

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the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

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infinitive phrase

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Phrases that begin with an infinitive. (to + simple form of the verb)

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participle phrase

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phrase that includes the participle, its modifier, and its objects; example: The child, FLASHING A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE, turned and walked away.

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prepositional phrase

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A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

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types of clauses

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Independent and dependent

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contractions

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apostrophes

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prefixes

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letters added to the beginning of a word to alter its meaning

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suffixes

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letters added at the end of a base word that alters the meaning

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morphemes

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The smallest units of meaning in a language.

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journalistic writing

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Free of author bias. Information is factual ans objective

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visual media

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INCORPORATES THE USE OF VISUAL IMAGERY TO EITHER SOMPLIMENT OR SUPPLEMENT THE MESSAGE BEING CARRIED. PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, AND CARTOONS.

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visual aid

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objects, visual representations, and numerical clarifiers, used to supplement a verbal message, thus enhancing communication goals

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organization

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Arranged in an orderly way.

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dee brown

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american novelist/historian. details american expansion in point of view that it affects natives.

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daniel defoe

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wrote Robinson Crusoe

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mary shelley

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English novelist who wrote a \"monster\" story which raised questions about the potential negative impact of the rise of science

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rudyard kipling

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(1864-1936) English writer and poet; defined the \"white man's burden\" as the duty of European and Euro-American peoples to bring order and enlightenment to distant lands

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charles nordhoff

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Mutiny on the Bounty

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booker washington

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felt that African American should accept segregation; best way to overcome it is to improve their farming; vocational skills to compete economically, rights would come later

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mark mathabane

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Kaffir Boy

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Mark twain

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The writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910); used \"realistic fiction\".

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robert cormier

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I Am the Cheese

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carson mccullers

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The Member of the Wedding A GA writer of novels, short stories, plays, essays, and poetry. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the U.S. South. Her other novels have similar themes and most are set in the deep South.

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sterling north

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*Rascal* created from his novel *So Dear to my Heart*

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Paul Zindel

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was an American playwright, author, and educator. The Pigman is a young adult novel first published in 1968.

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William Armstrong

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was an American children's author and educator. Best known for his 1969 Newbery Medal-winning novel, Sounder. The story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing a ham from work, the boy still hungers for an education. Sounder won the Newbery Award in 1970, and was made into a major motion picture in 1972

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Enid Bagnold

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novelist and playwright known for *National Velvet*

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James Barrie

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A Window in Thrums (1889), The Little Minister (1891), Sentimental Tommy (1986), Quality Street (1901), Peter Pan (1904), What Every Woman Knows (1908), Dear Brutus (1917)

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Jack London

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Author of The Call of the Wild (1903) which portrayed the conflict between nature and civilization

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Lois Lowry

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The Giver is a Female American author of children's literature She has explored such complex issues as racism, terminal illness, murder, and the Holocaust among other challenging topics. She has also explored very controversial issues of questioning authority such as in The Giver Trilogy. She wrote The Giver, The Giver, winner of the 1994 Newbery Medal, and Number the Stars

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Anne McCaffrey

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Author of The Smallest Dragonboy

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L.M. Montgomery

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Anne Of Green Gables

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John Steinbeck

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Of Mice and Men American novelist who wrote \"The Grapes of Wrath\". (1939) A story of Dustbowl victims who travel to California to look for a better life.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

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He wrote The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy which collectively are some of the most well known and loved novels of the 20th Century.

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William Barret

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Travis commanded the Texas defenders during the Siege and Battle of the Alamo. His Appeal from the Alamo for reinforcements has become an American symbol of unyielding courage and heroism.

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Robert Cormier

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wrote The Chocolate War

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Ronald Dahl

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Charlie & the Choc Factory, James & the Giant Peach, Matilda

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Astrid Lindgren

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Swedish author who created the redheaded character Pippi Longstocking

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Phyllis Naylor

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An American author. She wrote: Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, Alice, and The Grand Escape.

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Robert Newton Peck

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A Day No Pigs Would Die

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Dramatic Monologue

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A type of poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener. As readers, we overhear the speaker in a dramatic monologue.

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Content

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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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structure

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Described in terms of stanza, form, and meter.

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Sprung Rhythm

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A poetic rhythm designed to imitate the rhythm of natural speech. It is constructed from feet in which the first syllable is stressed and may be followed by a variable number of unstressed syllables.

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Scansion

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the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm

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Stream of Consciousness

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A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.

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Spenserian Stanza

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a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c

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paradox

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A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

FTCE middle grades english 5-9

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