Midterm

Question 1

Engaged readers

Answer 1

Read because they want to and don’t think about the process

Question 2

Unengaged readers

Answer 2

Read because they have to, for someone else’s purpose

Question 3

John Newberry

Answer 3

In 1744 first publisher to publish a children’s book

Question 4

Beatrix Potter

Answer 4

Mother of modern picture story book

Question 5

New realism

Answer 5

Wrote about things that were really happening

Not the whole world was perfect

Question 6

Young adult books

Answer 6

11-18 years old

Has a teen as the central character

Question 7

Why is the outsiders important?

Answer 7

The first young adult book

Question 8

How to determine literary quality

Answer 8

Powerful language, memorable characters, compelling plot

Question 9

Format requirements for picture books

Answer 9

Requires illustrations and texts to work together

Quality picture book art has something significant to say

Come in wide range of readers and reading levels

Question 10

Randolph Caldecott

Answer 10

First illustrator to show action in pictures

The Caldecott medal (major award for children’s literature)

Question 11

Functions of picture book art

Answer 11

Establish setting

Define and develop characters

To reinforce the text

To provide a different viewpoint

To extend or develop the plot

Provide interesting asides

Establish mood

Question 12

Definition of contemporary realistic fiction

Answer 12

Tells a story that never happened but could have happened

Question 13

2 beginning books of contemporary realistic fiction

Answer 13

Harriet the Spy

Where the wild things are

Question 14

Cycle format

Answer 14

One book is linked to another through characters, settings, or both

Question 15

Fantasy Motifs

Answer 15

Magic, other worlds, good vs evil, heroism

Question 16

Define historical fiction

Answer 16

A story that’s set in historically accurate past with historical facts but the main characters are fictional

Question 17

Rationale for use of historical fiction in classrooms

Answer 17

That’s what interests students and brings stories to life

Fills in the story and helps see history is meaningful

Presents multiple perspectives

Question 18

3 kinds of picture books

Answer 18

Predictable, concept, participation

Question 19

Engineered book

Answer 19

Physical structure is different

Question 20

Graphic novel

Answer 20

Story conveyed using sequential art

Question 21

Definition of poetry

Answer 21

The concentrated expression of ideas and feelings through precise and imaginative words selected for their sonorous and rhythmic effects

Question 22

3 different forms of poetry

Answer 22

Narrative, lyric, haiku

Question 23

Oral tradition and the role it played on traditional fantasy

Answer 23

Stories were always told by mouth so things would change and different things would be emphasized

Question 24

3 kinds of traditional folk tale

Answer 24

Tall tales, beast tales, cumulative

Question 25

Define myth

Answer 25

To explain/understand the world around us

Question 26

Define modern fantasy

Answer 26

Stories written by known authors in which the events, settings, or characters are outside the realm of possibility

Question 27

Hero cycle

Answer 27

Hero called to adventure by herald

Hero crosses threshold into another world or a place not safe

Hero must survive various trials in new world

Hero is assisted by a protective figure

Hero matures becoming a “whole person”

Hero returns home

Question 28

2 rewards of reading

Answer 28

Immediate; getting lost in a book

Long-term; increased language and thinking skills