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Foundations Of Reading Flashcards

1
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What is decoding?

A

The process of translating print to speech.

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What is encoding?

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The process of translating sounds to print using knowledge of letter-sound.

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What are homographs?

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Words that are spelled the same way but have different meaning.

Ex. Baseball BAT and the animal BAT

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What are derivational affixes?

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Letters or groups of letters added to root words to change the meaning of the words.

Ex. Kind = unkind [un]

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What are inflectional affixes?

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Do not change the part of speech of a word but serve a grammatical function.

Suffixes -s, -ed, -ing, -en, -‘s, -er, -est.

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What are Word Tiers?

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-Tier One
Common words used in everyday speech. Through normal conversation. High frequency words
-Tier two
Common enough that readers will likely encounter them in multiple texts.
-Tier Three
Domain specific. Specific to topics and subjects.

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Types of figurtive language

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  • similes
  • metaphors
  • personification
  • hyperbole
  • symbolism
    -idioms
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What are similes ?

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Used to compare two things using the term like or as.

Ex. The room is as hot as the desert.

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What are metaphors?

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Used to compare two things by stating one thing as another.

Ex. The star was a glistening diamond.

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What is personification?

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Gives human characteristics to nonhuman things.

Ex. The creek danced across the prairie.

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What is hyperbole?

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Exaggeration for effect and is not taken literal.

Ex. If I don’t eat now, I will starve to death.

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What is symbolism?

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Uses a physical object as a representation of something other than its literal meaning.

Ex. In a story, two paths representing different choices.

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What are idioms?

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Expressions that have unique meanings that differ from the literal meaning.

Ex. It’s raining cats and dogs.

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What are adjectives?

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Modify (describe) nouns or pronouns.

Ex. The YELLOW house is located on the corner.

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What are conjunctions?

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Join words, phrases, or clauses.

Ex. The teacher AND the principal attended the meeting.

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What are interjections?

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Show emotion in sentences.

Ex. OUCH—I bumped my elbow.

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What are consonant blend?

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Group of two or three consonants that blend together to make a sound but each individual letter sound is still heard.

Ex. bl, fr, and sw.

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What are consonant digraphs?

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Group of two consonants that form a new consonant sound when combined.

Ex. th, sh, ch

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What are the types of context clues?

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  1. Definition Clue
  2. Antonym Clue
  3. Synonym Clue
  4. Inference Clue
20
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What are definition clues ?

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A definition for the unfamiliar word is provided somewhere within the same sentence.

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What are antonym clues?

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Antonym or contrasting definition of the unfamiliar word is provided somewhere within the same sentence.

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What are synonym clues?

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A synonym for the unfamiliar words is provided somewhere within the same sentence.

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What are inference clues?

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The unknown words meaning is not explicitly given and the reader must infer it from the context of the sentence.

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What are the levels of comprehension?

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  1. Literal comprehension
  2. Inferential comprehension
  3. Evaluative comprehension
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What is literal comprehension?

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Understanding the written meaning of a text.

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What is inferential comprehension?

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Inferring what the author meant.

27
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What is evaluative comprehension?

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Makes judgments and share opinions about what they have read based on evidence found in the text.

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What are homophones?

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Words that have the sound the same but are spelled differently.

Ex. Their, there,

29
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What are pallindrome?

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a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward.

Ex. Hannah

30
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What are cognate ?

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Cognates are groups of words in different languages that come directly from the same word of origin.

Spanish word serio
English word serious

31
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What is euphemism?

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a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Ex. Let go instead of fired.

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What are phonograms?

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letter symbols that make a sound.

Ex. B in boy

33
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Latin roots vs Greek roots.

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The part of the word where most of the meaning comes from and they exist in families to help comprehend words.

34
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What is automaticity ?

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the ability to rapidly, effortlessly and accurately recognise or decode words.

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What is blending?

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the ability to join speech sounds together to make words.

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What is rapid word identification?

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the ability to name letters, symbols, words, or objects in a quick and automatic manner

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