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accommodation
A Piagtian process in which learners create schemas because of new information or experiences.
aesthetic reading
Reading for pleasure.
efferent reading
Reading to locate information.
affix
A syllable that’s added to the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix) of a word to chane the words’s meaning
alphabetic principle
The assumption underlying alphabetical language systems that each sound has a corresponding graphic representation (or letter).
antonyms
opposites
applying
5th state of the reading proces, in which readers go beyond the text to use what they’ve learned in anaer literacy experience, oftem by making a projet or reading another book.
alliteraction
repetition of sounds in nearby words.
imagery
words and phrases that appeal to the senses and make mental pictures
metaphor
comparison between two unlikely things without using like or as.
onomatopoeia
words that imitate sounds
repetition
words, phrases or lines that are repeated
rhyme
words ending with similar sounds used at the end of lines
rhythm
internal beat in a poem that’s felt when poetry is read aloud
simile
comparison incorporating the word like or as
