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assonance
repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
meter
a recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that created a rhythm when spoken
lambic meter
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
blank verse
unrhymed verse that consists of lines of iambic pentameter
free verse
lacks regular patterns of poetic feetBUT has more controlled rhythm than prose in terms of pace and pauses
phonological awareness
the ability to perceive sound structures in spoken word, such as syllables and the individual phonemes within syllables
phonemes
the sounds represented by the letters in the alphabet
teaching phonological awareness
language playan exposure to a variety of sounds and contexts of sounds
alphabetic principle
the use of letters and combinations of letters to represent speech sounds
developing language skills
interacting with othersexperiencing language in daily lifeunderstanding that speaking and listening are necessary for effective communication
what does KWL stand for
knowwonderlearn
what does KUD stand for
knowunderstand do
decoding
method used to make sense of printed words and figure out how to correctly pronounce themstudents must know the relationships between letters and sounds, including:-letter patterns-words are constructed from phonemes-printed word represents a word that can be spoken
phonics
the process of learning to read by learning how spoken language is represented by letters
whole language approach
method of teaching children to read by recognizing words as whole pieces of languagebelieves that language should not be broken down into letters, combinations of letters, or decoded
fluency
the goal of literacy developmentthe ability to read and write accurately and quickly
affixes
syllables attached to the beginning or end of a word to make a derivative or inflectional form of a word
noun suffixes
type of suffixhas two types:argument: denotes the act of, state of, or quality ofauctioneer: denotes the doer, or one who does
verb suffixes
type of suffixdenote “to make” or “to perform the act of” (soften)
adjectival suffixes
type of suffixinclude suffixes such as “ful” which means “full of” ish, less, able
literal comprehension
the skills a reader uses to deal with the actual words in a textinvolves skills such as -identifying the topic sentence, main idea, important facts, and supporting details-using context clues to determine the meaning ofa word -sequencing events
critical comprehension
involves the prior knowledge and an understanding that written material (especially nonfiction) is the authors version and not necessarily anyone else’sinvolves analysis of meaning, evaluation, validation, questioning, and the reasoning skills a reader uses to recognize inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, POV, themes, etc
metacognitive skills
awarenessplanningself-monitoringreflectiontaking an active role in readingrecognizing reading behaviorsrelating info to prior knowledgebeing aware of text structures
synecdoche
use of a part of something to signify the whole”boots on the ground”