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Picture books

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Written works exclusively for children

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Poetry

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Rhythmic expression of imaginative thought

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Folklore

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Traditional stories, myths, legends, nursery rhyme, and songs of the past

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Fantasy

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Make believe about places and creatures that do not exist

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Science fiction

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Based on extending physical laws and scientific principle to their logical outcomes. Stories that might occur in the future

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Realistic fiction

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What if stories
Illusional of reality
The events could happen
Characters seem real 
Contemporary setting
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Historical fiction

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Set In the past and it could have happened

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Biography

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Plot and theme based on a persons life

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Non fiction

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Facts about the real world

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Lime Rick

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5 line poem
Lines 1+2 end with the same rhyme
Lines 3+4 end with The same rhyme
Last line ends with same rhyme as 1+2

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Haiku

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From Japan
First line has 5 syllables
Second line has 7 syllables
Last line has 5 syllables

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Folk tales

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Stories passed down through generation 
Legends
Myths
Fairytales
Nursery rhymes
Tall tales
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Shel Silverstein

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Poet known for where’s the side walk ends and the giving tree

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Metaphor

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Compares without using like or as

Example - her heart is made of gold

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Simile

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Compares using like or as

Example - joe was as busy as a bee

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Alliteration

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1st sounds repeat

Dexter digging down in the dirt

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Personification

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Giving animals or objects human characteristics

Example - the stars danced in the night

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Mood

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The way the someone feels about the content they are reading

Emotional setting that is created by setting, imagery, and diction

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Tone

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The attitude of the author toward the subject

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Idiom

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Phrases that present figurative, non literal meaning attached to a phrase
Ex - it’s raining cats and dogs

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Noun

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Person place or a thing

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Pronouns

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Word that replaces a noun

Example - he she they that is them etc

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Verb

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Action Words

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Adjective
Describing words
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Adverbs
Describes a verb or adjective. It tells us how where when how much and how often
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Conjunction
A word that connects two words to avoid sounding like your talking in bullet points Example - because, although, but, unlike, therefore, so, if etc
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Sentence
A group of words that expresses a though
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Subject and predicate
Subject - Whom and what the sentence is about Predicate - what the subject is or does Example: the house is blue The house is the subject Is blue is the predicate
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Declarative sentence
``` Most common type of sentence It doesn’t ask a question It doesn’t give demands Statements “ we own a cat “ “ this is my favorite movie “ ```
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Interrogative sentence
It asks questions
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Exclamatory sentences
It uses exclamations
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Imperative sentence
Gives commands
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Narrative
Writing characterized by a main character in a setting who encounters a problem or engages in an interesting or entertaining activity Who what when where why
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Persuasive
Writing Where the Arthur tries to convince the reader of their point of view
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Expository
Exposes facts 1. Cause and effect 2. Compare and contrast 3. Sequence of time line
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Spelling rules
I before e except after c
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Acronyms
Example (fbi) stands for federal bureau of investigation
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Novel characteristics
Always fiction , chapter books
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What kind of book is Little house on the prairie?
Realistic fiction and a memoir
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Both dream worlds in Peter Pan and the taking animals in the wind of the willows represents characteristic aspects of which genre?
Fantasy - suspension of disbelief
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Magical realism
Uses narrative technique that blurs the distinction between reality and fantasy and is characterized by an equal acceptance of the ordinary and the extraordinary. Magic and reality are not distinguished
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Well known magic realism books
One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel
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Fairytale (characters, setting, problem, solution)
Characters - royalty animals Setting - castle forest problem - good vs evil Solution - magic, lived happily ever after etc
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Fables (characters, setting, problem, solution)
Characters - animals acting like people, usually 3 or less Setting - generally outside somewhere Problem - only one problem using trickery Solution - ends with a lesson or moral
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Myths (characters, setting, problem, solution)
Characters: gods and goddesses Setting: nothing specific Problem: explains something that happens in nature by using gods and goddesses Solution: magic, sometimes teaches a lesson
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Legends (characters, setting, problem, solution)
Character: everyday people or animals are often main characters Setting: nothing specific Problem: explains how or why something in nature came to be Solution: sometimes it teaches a lesson
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Tall tales (characters, setting, problem, solution)
Characters: everyday people with superhuman abilities Setting: linked to a historical time period Problem: usually solved in a humorous way Solution: exaggerated details, tells their accomplishments
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Adage/ proverb
Short common saying or phase that tends to be old known for decades and centuries Ex: a penny saved is a penny earned
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Analogy
A comparison of two things to show similarities or relationship Example: finding my keys is like finding a needle in the hay stack Or boy is to girl is like man is to woman
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Assonance
Repition of vowel sounds The light of the fire is a sight Go slow over the road
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Idiom
Widely known expressions that contain figurative meaning that is different from phrases literal meaning Under the weather etc
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Onomatopoeia
Meaning of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of The sound associated with it
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Oxymoron
A contradiction in a group of words examples She’s pretty ugly The same difference
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Ode poem
Written with excitement about a person or thing
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Elegy
Written to mourn for the dead
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Ballad
Poem, song narrative, story in short stanza, sonnet (rhyme and music)
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Free verse
Shel Silverstein writes these types of poems
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Exposition writing
Puts forward a particular argument or pov
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Books that foster understanding, sensitivity, tolerance of cultural differences
Number stars by Lois Lowry Call it courage by Armstrong sperry Bud, not buddy by Christopher Curtis
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Formal writing
Using words to make a point | Examples: Declaration of Independence, US constitution, bill of rights
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Venecular literature
Speech of common people
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Morphemes
Smallest meaning bearing units of language
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Morphology
Study of the Structure of words
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If a student asks the meaning of a word, what’s the best way to advise them?
Have the student use the dictionary to look up the word the;paraphrase the sentence using the dictionary definition.

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