English Mtel Flashcards
Picture books
Written works exclusively for children
Poetry
Rhythmic expression of imaginative thought
Folklore
Traditional stories, myths, legends, nursery rhyme, and songs of the past
Fantasy
Make believe about places and creatures that do not exist
Science fiction
Based on extending physical laws and scientific principle to their logical outcomes. Stories that might occur in the future
Realistic fiction
What if stories Illusional of reality The events could happen Characters seem real Contemporary setting
Historical fiction
Set In the past and it could have happened
Biography
Plot and theme based on a persons life
Non fiction
Facts about the real world
Lime Rick
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
Haiku
From Japan
First line has 5 syllables
Second line has 7 syllables
Last line has 5 syllables
Folk tales
Stories passed down through generation Legends Myths Fairytales Nursery rhymes Tall tales
Shel Silverstein
Poet known for where’s the side walk ends and the giving tree
Metaphor
Compares without using like or as
Example - her heart is made of gold
Simile
Compares using like or as
Example - joe was as busy as a bee
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
Alliteration
1st sounds repeat
Dexter digging down in the dirt
Personification
Giving animals or objects human characteristics
Example - the stars danced in the night
Mood
The way the someone feels about the content they are reading
Emotional setting that is created by setting, imagery, and diction
Tone
The attitude of the author toward the subject
Idiom
Phrases that present figurative, non literal meaning attached to a phrase
Ex - it’s raining cats and dogs
Noun
Person place or a thing
Pronouns
Word that replaces a noun
Example - he she they that is them etc
Verb
Action Words
Adjective
Describing words
Adverbs
Describes a verb or adjective. It tells us how where when how much and how often
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
Sentence
A group of words that expresses a though
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
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 “
Interrogative sentence
It asks questions
Exclamatory sentences
It uses exclamations
Imperative sentence
Gives commands
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
Persuasive
Writing Where the Arthur tries to convince the reader of their point of view
Expository
Exposes facts
- Cause and effect
- Compare and contrast
- Sequence of time line
Spelling rules
I before e except after c
Acronyms
Example (fbi) stands for federal bureau of investigation
Novel characteristics
Always fiction , chapter books
What kind of book is Little house on the prairie?
Realistic fiction and a memoir
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
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
Well known magic realism books
One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel
Fairytale (characters, setting, problem, solution)
Characters - royalty animals
Setting - castle forest
problem - good vs evil
Solution - magic, lived happily ever after etc
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
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
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
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
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
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
Assonance
Repition of vowel sounds
The light of the fire is a sight
Go slow over the road
Idiom
Widely known expressions that contain figurative meaning that is different from phrases literal meaning
Under the weather etc
Onomatopoeia
Meaning of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of The sound associated with it
Oxymoron
A contradiction in a group of words examples
She’s pretty ugly
The same difference
Ode poem
Written with excitement about a person or thing
Elegy
Written to mourn for the dead
Ballad
Poem, song narrative, story in short stanza, sonnet (rhyme and music)
Free verse
Shel Silverstein writes these types of poems
Exposition writing
Puts forward a particular argument or pov
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
Formal writing
Using words to make a point
Examples: Declaration of Independence, US constitution, bill of rights
Venecular literature
Speech of common people
Morphemes
Smallest meaning bearing units of language
Morphology
Study of the Structure of words
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.
