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"Don't forget to dust the furniture, Amelia Bedelia." In the classic Amelia Bedelia stories, Amelia is always misinterpreting her employer's instructions. In this case, Amelia takes face powder and spreads it over the furniture. Why is Amelia confused? - ANSA contranym is a word that can mean the opposite of itself. "Dust" can mean to remove or to place dust on something. A capitonym is a word that is spelled the same but has a different meaning when capitalized. "My job was to polish the Polish queen's jewels." "Everyday so far this winter, it has been cold. Therefore, tomorrow will be cold" is an example of which of the following? - ANSinductive argument "Where", "when", and "why" are examples of _______. - ANSRelative adverbs (As a title) are always underlined or italicized. - ANSLarge or complete works, such as plays (As a title) set apart with quotation marks - ANSSongs, poems and essays are small works or part of the whole and are therefore
12-15 centuries - ANSLate Medieval 1840-1900 - ANSVictorian period 1900-1945 - ANSModern Period A declarative sentence - ANSis one that makes a statement about a person, place, thing, or idea A fallacy which occurs when the writer wrongly attributes the cause of an event, is known as - ANSFaulty casuality A humorous verse form of five anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba is called - ANSlimerick A line or group of lines which is repeated throughout a poem, often after every stanza, is known as which of the following? - ANSRefrain A malapropism - ANSis a type of pun, or play on words, in which two words become mixed up. The speaker meant to say "figment." A narrative is typically written in which point of view? - ANSFirst and third A persuasive essay includes - ANSFacts and opinions A possessive form - ANSis a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense
A Wrinkle in Time - ANSThe story is about Meg, Charles, and Calvin. The main characters are looking for Meg's father who was trying to solve the tesseract problem. The main characters were visited by a stranger who told them about a tesseract. According to Noam Chomsky, which of the following is the third stage of language development? - ANSTwo-word Activity that is widely used in building student's reading fluency - ANS- Repeated Oral Reading Combined with feedback Alexander Pope - ANSThe rape of the lock Allegory - ANSA type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another meaning (Biblical stories) Alliteration - ANSA device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of words closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds of letters, rather than the spelling of words. Allusion - ANSA reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do that because I'm not superman. Ambiguity of words - ANSis the ability to express more than one interpretation often resolved by context. Jargon is specialized language. An imperative sentence - ANSis the type that gives a command.
An indirect object - ANSis someone to whom or for whom something is done. If a sentence has an indirect object, it appears before the direct object Anaphora - ANSrefers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are repeated at the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric. Antagonist - ANSThe character or force that opposes the protagonist. Argumentative Writing - ANS-2 groups disagree about something -Change the readers mind, convince reader of their point of view. -Highly persuasive and logical Aristophanes - ANSGreek playwright (comedic) wrote in the style "old comedy" At which stage of second language acquisition would you expect a student to begin using short phrases? - ANSAt the early production stage, the student has a vocabulary of 1,000 words. They also begin using short phrases at this time. Basic elements of speech making - ANS-Speaker brings self-conception or impression of the audiences general identify. -Identify the audience -Selecting appropriate subject -Speaker uses various channels of communication
-describe -define -instruct -inform Characterization/Character - ANS-Can be "flat" (minor figures) or "round" (those understood from a well rounded view.) -A person intimately involved with the plot and the development of the novel. Cliches - ANSSaying or dialogue much overworked in common language. They are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways. Climax - ANSOccurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches its peak, usually with a resolution of some kind. (increasing level of tension, usually between the protagonist and antagonist.) Clive Staples Lewis - ANSHe served as a novelist and literary critic among other things. He is known for many works, including The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy. Cloze Assessment - ANSis an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of text with certain words removed, where the participant is asked to replace the missing words.
Cognitive language - ANSis received, processed into memory, integrated with previous knowledge and used to form new ideas and concepts. Combining primary and secondary sources of research so that one supports the other is called - ANSdata triangulation Conditional - ANSsentences states true implications and hypothetical scenarios as well as their end results? Conflict - ANSThe essence of fiction. It creates plot. We usually encounter them as (Man versus...Man, Nature, Society or Self.) Connotation - ANSthe associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of "home" is "a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.". Consider the following sentence: "The radio weather report predicted gale force winds, heavy rains, and that tides would be abnormally high." What grammatical issue needs to be addressed in this sentence? - ANSThe main grammatical issue here is parallel structure. The phrase "that tides would be abnormally high" should be changed to "abnormally high tides" to make it parallel with the other items in this list. Considering an audience - ANS1. Identify your audience
- Determine qualities of the audience. (age, sex, education, culture) 3 Understand what the audience values (humor, honesty, originality)
Defines predicting and how it relates to reading? - ANSPreviewing the text in order to anticipate what is going to happen next Denotation - ANSa word that names or signifies something specific: "Wind" is the denotation for air in natural motion. "Poodle" is the denotation for a certain breed of dog. Developmental Linguistics - ANSNeurolinguistics is concerned with the physical representation of the linguistic process in the brain. -Front lobe of brain is responsible for controlling the production of speech. Diagraph - ANSa pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as "sh" in English. Typographical ligature, the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as "æ" Dialect geography - ANSthe study of speech differences from one geographical area to another. Dialect mixture - ANSthe presence in one form of speech with elements from different neighboring dialects. Dictation - ANSthe choice of language in a literary work. May be formal, colloquial, and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to induce a mood in the audience.
Discourse - ANSany coherent succession of sentences, spoken or written. Thus a novel, short story, essay, speech or interview. Discourse is associated with which of the following? - ANSThe presentation of language in its whole state. Division of ryhme - ANS1. End rhyme- occurs at the close of the rhyme is "perfect", it involves identical sounds.
- Half rhyme-also called slant rhyme, involves a closeness of sounds but are not identical. Does not rhyme - ANSBlank verse Drama - ANSAny work where actors or actresses assume roles before an audience, either in a theater, motion picture, television, or radio. Drama may be subdivided into three (3) major groups. - ANS1. Tragedy *leading character has a disastrous end.
- Tragicomedy *includes both comic and tragic elements.
- Comedy *often emphasizes society and its mores, rather than individuals. Dramatic Irony - ANSThis occurs when the audience or reader knows more than the characters know. Dramatic Plot - ANS1. Exposition
- Complication
- Proofread after using spell check and grammar check. Elegy - ANSis a mournful or sorrowful poem, usually lamenting the dead. Elements of Literature - ANS1. Exposition
- Foreshadowing
- Inciting Force/triggers
- Conflict
- Rising Action
- Crisis
- Climax
- Falling action
- Resolution Elements of Prose Fiction - ANS1. Speech and dialogue
- Thought and mental process
- Dramatic involvement
- Action
- Duration
- Setting and description
- Themes 8.Symbolism Email/Electronic communication - ANSVery common among people and business for communication. Electronic documents will continue to grow.
English Language Learners sometimes find it difficult to form English sentences because - ANSThey do not have an intuitive sense of what "sounds right" in English. Enhancing the reading experience - ANS*Art and music contain many opportunities for interacting with literature for the enrichment of all. -Student can apply knowledge of art and music by creating illustrations for work. -Should be encouraged to use the knowledge of art and music to illuminate the text. Essential points of speech evaluation - ANS-Good intro -Establishment of tone -The body of the speech -The conclusion of the speech -The presentation of the speech Ethno linguistics - ANSrefers to the study of how language determines and reflects world views of people Etmology - ANSIs the study of the historical relation between a word and earlier form or forms from which it has developed. Euripides - ANSWrote 92 plays and only 19 survived Evaluates student writing - ANS-Should be structured to include three basic goals.
-Stronger and energetic -Appropriate balance Exclamatory sentences - ANSexhibit strong ideas. Exposition - ANSThe introductory material which give the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story. Expository writing - ANSform of writing that conveys information and explains ideas: Falling Action - ANSThe events after the climax which close the story. Farce - ANSa dramatic comedy that is full of action, escapades of characters always on the brink of disaster, and full of stereotypical characters filling stock roles. Fiction - ANSA general term for any form of literary narrative that is invented or imagined rather than being factual. Figurative Language - ANSlanguage that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors. Figurative languange - ANSA form of language use in which the writers and speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their words.
(Two figures of speech that are particularly important for poetry are simile and metaphor) First Person - ANSThe narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feeling and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can't tell us thoughts of other characters. Fluency - ANSis defined as the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper expression. In order to understand what they read, children must be able to read fluently whether they are reading aloud or silently. When reading aloud, fluent readers read in phrases and add intonation appropriately. Foil - ANSA character who provides a contrast to the protagonist. Foreshadowing - ANSUses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate future events in the plot. Four steps to successfully integrate performance assessment. - ANS1. What is to be observed and assessed.
- Develop the Criteria to be used. 3.Decide which recording method to use between anecdotal records, an observation checklist, or a rating scale.
- Inform the students that they are being evaluated, on what they are being evaluated, and the criteria being used.
Hamlet's "to be or not to be" contemplation is considered which of the following? - ANSis a soliloquy. A soliloquy is an extended speech where a character addresses the audience instead of other characters. He went out (to get ice cream.) What is the function of the underlined phrase? - ANSAdverb Holistic scoring - ANSinvolves judging the overall quality of a piece of writing Homer - ANSGreek poet -Odyssey Hyperbole - ANSAn exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand times. *Love story, comic stories. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings was copyrighted in which year? - ANS Idioms - ANSan expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as" kick the bucket or hang one's head", or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the "table round for the round table", and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
Imagery - ANSIs the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling or idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory experience. *Images may be visual (something seen) Aural (something heard), tactile (felt), olfactory (smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) * Language that appeals to the senses. Improperly associating a cause to a collection of data - ANSTexas sharpshooter fallacy In a persuasive writing assignment - ANSthe author has to take a position for or against a subject. In bilingual education, when the non-dominant language is neither valued nor used as a medium of instruction it is called what? - ANSsubmersion model In conferencing - ANSthe teacher and student meet regularly to review the student's work. This allows the teacher to see the student's progress or decline, and to discuss this with the student. It is also a time to encourage self-assessment by the student and help him or her build tools for doing so. In conferencing with a student about his writing assignment which of the following would be least appropriate? - ANSBe sure to cover every weakness in the writing assignment.
