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1. What is bathos
ANS a deliberate anticlimax, often used to draw attention to false- ness
2. What is automaticity
ANS reading fluently to pay more attention to comprehension
3. What is an alliteration
ANS the repetition of initial consonant sounds across neighboring words or syllables
4. What is morphology
ANS the elements that contribute to word meaning (the smallest units that gave meaning)
5. What is a cloze test
ANS a passage with omitted words that the test taker must apply
6. What does divergent mean in terms of assessment
ANS more than 1 answer is correct
7. What does convergent mean in terms of assessment
ANS 1 answer is correct
8. What is prosody
ANS rhythm, stress patterns, and intonations of speech (expres- sive writing)
9. What is syntax
ANS governs word order and placement in sentences
10. What is semantics
ANS meanings of morphemes, words, phrases, and sen- tences
11. What is synthetic phonics
ANS starts by teaching letter sounds that eventually lead to words
12. What is analytic phonics
ANS starts by learning whole words- like learning sight words
13. What is the order of Bloom's Taxonomy
ANS remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create
14. What is parallelism
ANS the use of repeated phrases that are similar in structure and meaning
15. What are the 4 levels of comprehension
ANS literal, interpretive, critical, and creative
20. What is phonemic awareness
ANS the ability to discern phonemes (distinct language sounds) in spoken language
21. What is the "Just Read, Florida" Formula and what does it stand for
ANS 5 (components of reading) + 3 (types of assessment) + ii (initial instruction) + iii (immediate intensive intervention) = NCLB
22. What is chiasmus
ANS a figure of speech in which the 2nd half of a phrase reverses the 1st half
23. What are refrains
ANS lines that are repeated throughout poems
24. What are phonics and who are the 2 people associated with it
ANS empha- sizing that written symbols have sounds; William Holmes McGuffey and Rudolph Flesch
25. What is elision
ANS the deletion of a vowel or syllable to suit the rhythm of the poem
26. What is conceit
ANS an elaborate metaphor, often extended across several lines of a poem or the entire thing
27. What are homonyms
ANS words that sound the same but have different meaning
28. What is purple patch
ANS excessively florid writing
29. What is a hyperbole
ANS extreme exaggeration
30. What is an onomatopoeia
ANS the use of sounds that represent the object being described (BOOM)
31. What is closed-form poetry
ANS poetry that follows conventions governing the number of lines, the rhyme scheme, and the meter
32. What is the alphabetic principle and what 2 components is it made of
ANS written words are composed of letters and groups of letters that represent sounds; alphabetic understanding and phonological recoding
33. What does PROVE stand for
ANS purpose, reading, organizing, vocabulary, and evaluate
34. What does SQ3R stand for
ANS survey, question, read, recite, and review
35. What are satires
ANS the reader is shown the world through the eyes of another
38. What is speculative writing
ANS explores ideas in a discovery way rather than explaining them
39. What is assimilation
ANS the view that others must adapt to the "national cul- ture"
40. What are folktales
ANS stories used for entertainment that use specific language distinct to the time period
41. What are the stages of process writing
ANS pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
42. What are personal narratives and what is their purpose
ANS fictional or non- fictional accounts of an individual's feelings or experiences, used to entertain or interest the reader
43. What is the purpose of descriptive writing
ANS to provide information about a person, place, and thing, event, or idea; can be fiction or nonfiction
44. What is validity
ANS the extent to whether or not a test measures what it is actually supposed to and is aligned with the curriculum
45. What is the purpose of expository writing
ANS to present information about a topic in a clear and organized way
46. What are forced-choice questions
ANS questions that require students to choose between options provided on the test (multiple choice, T/F, etc.)
47. What are open-ended questions
ANS requires students to generate some sort of content in order to provide an answer (short response, essay, etc.)
48. What are criterion-references tests
ANS used to determine how well students understand criteria or standards
49. What is pluralism
ANS the view that cultural differences should be tolerated and encouraged
50. What are norm-referenced tests
ANS tests that compare the performance of students to the norm (students with the same characteristics or age)
51. What are percentile scores
ANS show you the percentage of the norm that you scored better than
52. What is reliability
ANS the extent to which a test will yield consistent results; a reliable test would have the same results at different times, settings, or by different administrators
53. What are kennings
ANS phrases composed of 2 nouns that stand for a different noun
ANS a form of ironic understatement in which something is affirmed by denying its opposite
66. What is metonymy
ANS the substitution of something closely related to a word for the word itself
67. What is enjambment
ANS the breaking of a sentence or grammatical unit across lines of poetry
68. What is an apostrophe (in poetry)
ANS the direct address of someone or something that is not present
69. When determining is a child is ready for reading instruction, consid- er if they know what 3
things ANS parts of books, directionality of print, and speech-to-print match
70. What is the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist
ANS the protagonist struggles for someone or something, the antagonist is the enemy
71. What are progressive plots
ANS those that build upon each other, the reader must read the entire piece to discover the plot
72. What is the "reversal of fortune" theme
ANS one concerned with the changing circumstances of a character
73. What is a motif
ANS a story detail or element that recurs throughout the work and help conveys the theme
74. What are parables
ANS short stories that convey a moral lesson
75. What is the "survival of the unfittest" theme
ANS involves characters who face life-threatening situations yet manage to survive
76. What are dead metaphors
ANS those that have lost their freshness due to overuse
77. What is an assonance
ANS the repetition of vowel sounds across neighboring words or syllables (like purple and curtain)
78. What are feet
ANS the basic units of meter in poetry
79. What are synecdoches
ANS words that consist of a part of a larger thing being named (ex. bread representing food)
80. Explain stage 1 of Alexander Luria's development of writing.: pre-writing or pre-instrumental
period, this occurs between the ages of 3 and 5 and represent unknown marks that the child cannot recall or identify
81. Explain stage 2 of Alexander Luria's development of writing.: the differenti- ated stage from ages 4-
5 when the child intentionally builds a relationship between sounds and written expression, unconventional writing
82. Explain stage 3 of Alexander Luria's development of writing.: the picto- graphic stage from ages 4-
6 in which specific marks consistently stand for specific words
90. Voice to print match: When a student understands that the words on a page are meant to be read,
not the pictures
91. Allegory: A story that explains or teaches somethin
92. Allusion: A reference to a famous person or event
93. Homophone: 2 words that sound alike but have different meanings
94. Hyperbole: An exaggerated statement
95. Oxymoron: A conflicting phase that often includes opposites, but is true
96. Paradox: A statement that presents opposite ideas but yields the truth
97. Encode: Construct meaning from a code
98. Bound morpheme: One that cannot stand alone, it must be part of a larger word (ex. -ed)
99. When did children's lit become its own genre
ANS 18th century
100. Literature circles: 4-6 students reading the same book they choose based on interest
