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1
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What is poetry?

A

Concentration or crystallization of mood

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What does poetry contain?

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Words or sounds that are evocative and imagery

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What is evocative?

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To cause a reaction

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What is imagery?

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The picture you get when you read

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Stanza

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Lines ordered into a group

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Couplet

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Two lines that rhyme and that are about the same length.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of beginning consonant sounds

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When was the New England Primer written?

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1690

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9
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What was the first English translation of nursery rhymes?

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Tales of Mother Goose in 1729

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10
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What did John Newberry write?

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The Little Pretty Pocket Book

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Who influenced John Newberry?

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John Locke

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What did Locke believe?

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In a good environment and learning to play

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13
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What are the characteristics of nursery rhymes?

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short - brevity

strongly marked rhythms

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14
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How many siblings did Edward Lear have?

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20

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15
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What century did Lear write in?

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19th Century

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16
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What is the culture of children’s literature?

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Oral and written traditions

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What are Oral Traditions?

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fables, legends, folk tales and myths

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What are Written Traditions?

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Medieval- for privileged males

Taught manners morals and Latin

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19
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What are the oldest plays written?

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Canterbury Tales

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20
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What was the first Children’s Book?

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Orbis Pictus

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17th Century Culture

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Orbis Pictus
English replaces Latin
Girls are allowed to attend school
Puritans are concerned about morality and religion

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What was the first children’s book that focused on amusement rather than moral instruction?

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John Newberry’s Little Pretty Pocket Book

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When did John Newberry write the Little Pretty Pocket Book?

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1744

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24
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What was called the Golden Age?

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the 18th and 19th Centuries

25
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19th Century

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Romantic Era of Adult literature
European Writers
Childhood is sacred

26
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Late 19th Century

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Focused on social issues
Compulsory Schooling becomes required
Printing Advances

27
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What is Compulsory Schooling?

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It meant that children were required to attend school

28
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20th Century

A

Transportation and Communication make the world smaller
Families become mobile
Rise of Comic Books

29
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Learning starts with?

A

Letters

30
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When is the Orbis Pictus Award established?

A

1989

31
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When did Comenius publish the Latin Grammar Book?

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1658

32
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When was the Childes Guide published?

A

1718

33
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A little book for Children

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1705

34
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This book had no spiritual tone and illustration became a primary form

A

A little book for children

35
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When was Dr. Seuss’ ABC Book written?

A

1963

36
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What style of writing did Dr. Seuss use?

A

High spirited anarchy

Learning through play

37
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What are Dame Schools?

A

Precursor to the Home School Association

Several families would get together to educate their children

38
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Who started the Sunday School movement?

A

Robert Raikes in 1782

39
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What is the starting date for Children’s Literature?

A

1744

40
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When was the Newberry Medal established?

A

1922

41
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Locke believed

A

A child is born with a blank slate

Environment is key to education

42
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Rousseau believed

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Environment played a role
Children are born good-keep them in a good environment and they will stay good
Children should learn by experience

43
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When was the Elementary Education Act written?

A

1870

44
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What is the Elementary Education Act of 1870?

A

It made elementary education the responsibility of the government

45
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When is the McGuffey Reader published?

A

1836

46
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When was the Compulsory Education Law passed?

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1880

47
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What is the Look Say Method?

A

Repeating a word enough times to memorize it
It was combinations of letters
Children did not learn how to sound things out
Dick and Jane books

48
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What is whole language?

A

It tried to combat the results of Look Say
Uses literature in the classroom by assimilation
Locke and Rousseau

49
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Who introduced the idea of caricatures?

A

Edward Lear

50
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A book of nonsense

A

The first book in which the author also sent in the artwork

Humorous expressive drawings

51
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Who made the limerick popular?

A

Edward Lear

52
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What is a limerick?

A

Funny five-lined story with a particular rhyme scheme and rhythm

53
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A foot equals

A

two unaccented and one accented syllable

54
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Haiku

A

Japanese poetry
Short small poem that conveys a mental image
Usually about Nature

55
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Meter

A

the use of language to create a recurring pattern of emphasis

56
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neologisms

A

made up words

57
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portmanteau words

A

take 2 words and smoosh them together to make a new work

smoke/fog= smog

58
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what book did lear write

A

a book of nonsense

59
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what are the defining features of Lear’s book

A

1st book in which the author also sent in the artwork

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