DOMAIN 3: TEXTS

Question 1

novels

Answer 1

the same basic literary conventions as short stories, but expand by presenting more complicated plots, adding subplots, creating more nuanced characters, and deepening the development of ideas.

Question 2

short stories

Answer 2

popular forms of literature in the elementary classroom.
condensed story, ranging in length from 2,000 to 10,000 words, often with a purpose that is singular or limited.

elements: plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme.

Question 3

folk tales

Answer 3

adapt from culture to culture (share customs and beliefs)

prose narratives that follow traditional storylines that arise from oral traditions

Question 4

legends

Answer 4

narratives that include creation stories and explain tribal beginnings

Question 5

fairy tales

Answer 5

entirely fictional pieces

“Once upon a time..”

Question 6

animal folk tales

Answer 6

animal characters clearly display human personalities

Question 7

myths

Answer 7

evoke events of a long time past and concern the adventures/misadventures of gods, giants, heroes nymphs, villians, etc.

set in time altogether different from our human, historical timeline

Question 8

poetry

Answer 8

works written in verse, with a meter or rhyme scheme

narrative, dramatic, lyric

Question 9

alliteration

Answer 9

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words/syllables

Question 10

analogy

Answer 10

a comparison of similar traits between dissimilar things in order to highlight a point of similarity

Question 11

figurative language

Answer 11

a word or phrase that departs from literal language. most common: metaphor and simile

Question 12

hyperbole

Answer 12

deliberate exaggeration for effect

Question 13

imagery

Answer 13

words or phrases that appeal to the senses

Question 14

irony

Answer 14

the use of words to suggest the opposite of their intended meaning

Question 15

literal language

Answer 15

the actual definition of the word

Question 16

metaphor

Answer 16

a figure or speech in which something is described as though it were something else

Question 17

personification

Answer 17

the assignment of a human trait to a nonhuman item or characteristic

Question 18

simile

Answer 18

a figure of speech that has a direct comparison between things, using like or as

Question 19

symbol

Answer 19

usually concrete objects or images that represent abstract ideas