OAE English Language Arts 020
stanza - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of lines in a poem
lyric vs. narrative poem - CORRECT ANSWER-lyric -- does not tell a story/expresses
the personal feelings, observations, or thoughts of a speaker
narrative -- poem that tells story
sonnet - CORRECT ANSWER-a 14 line poem containing 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
quatrain - CORRECT ANSWER-A four line stanza
cinquain - CORRECT ANSWER-a poem with 5 lines that contains a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable
pattern
haiku - CORRECT ANSWER-3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature
limerick - CORRECT ANSWER-a silly, nonsense poem with 5 lines in a AABBA rhyme
scheme
proverb - CORRECT ANSWER-a short traditional saying that expresses wisdom
concrete poem - CORRECT ANSWER-a poem in which the words are arranged to
create a picture that relates to the content of the poem
ode - CORRECT ANSWER-A poem in praise of something divine or noble; usually
serious in tone
Denotative - CORRECT ANSWER-Dictionary definition
Connotative - CORRECT ANSWER-The ideas or concepts a word suggests in addition
to its literal definition.
Reading Comprehension Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER-Understanding what you
have read by making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, synthesizing and
metacognition.
Literal Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-The lowest level of understanding. It
involves reading the lines and understanding exactly what is on the page. Students can
repeat or paraphrase what they have read.
,Inferential Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-Understanding of information that
isn't explicitly given, but rather implied in a written passage. (make predictions)
Evaluative Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-Ability to use critical thinking skills,
logical analysis, and aesthetic considerations to evaluate a text.
Appreciative Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-Considering the author's purpose
for writing the text. You may not "like" classical music, but can you appreciate the skill,
talent, and years of training of the musicians or composer?
Stylistic Text Features - CORRECT ANSWER-Figurative Language to Text Style
Informational Text - CORRECT ANSWER-Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual
information. Informational texts comprise the majority of printed material adults read
(e.g., textbooks, newspapers, reports, directions, brochures, technical manuals).
Persuasive Text - CORRECT ANSWER-Writing to present an argument or point of view;
editorials, propaganda, advertisement.
Rhetorical Devices - CORRECT ANSWER-Rhetorical devices are common, such as
saying language is a living beast: that's a metaphor — one of the most common
rhetorical devices. Another is alliteration, like saying "bees behave badly in Boston."
Rhetorical devices go beyond the meaning of words to create effects that are creative
and imaginative, adding literary quality to writing.
Drama Characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER-Highly emotional, usually focuses on
humans and involves a "crisis of feeling" - a painful or harmful experience.
Poetry Characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER-Figurative language, meter, sound,
imagery, format.
Meter - CORRECT ANSWER-Beat or Rhythm in Poetry
Iamb - CORRECT ANSWER-Unstressed, Stressed
Trochee - CORRECT ANSWER-Stressed, Unstressed
Anapest - CORRECT ANSWER-Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed
Dactyl - CORRECT ANSWER-Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed
,Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER-In a language or dialect, this is the smallest
segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterances.
Allophones - CORRECT ANSWER-The subtle variations of phonemes that occur as a
result of contextual influences on how phonemes are produced in different words
Rhetoric - CORRECT ANSWER-The art or study of persuasion through speaking or
writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little
Structural Elements - CORRECT ANSWER-Exposition, Climax, Meter, Stanzas
Sound Devices - CORRECT ANSWER-elements such as rhyme, rhythm, alliteration,
and onomatopoeia - gives poetry a musical quality.
Open Ended Question - CORRECT ANSWER-Gives the interviewee a measure of
control over the interview. Allows interviewees to select their answer.
Effective Modifiers - CORRECT ANSWER-Adjectives & Adverbs
Informative/Explanatory Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-writing that conveys information
accurately in order to increase readers' knowledge of a subject, to help readers better
understand a procedure or process, or to provide readers with enhanced
comprehension of a concept.
Expository Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-a type of oral or written discourse that is used
to explain, describe, give information or inform.
Organization Ideas: Cause & Effect, Problem & Solution, Chronological Order
Persuasive Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-Writing in which the author wants to
convince readers to agree with the author's opinions. To accomplish this, the writer must
first make the issues clear to the reader and then provide incidents and facts to support
his or her opinion. Examples: campaign speeches, debates, etc.
Listening Barriers - CORRECT ANSWER-Factors that interfere with our ability to
comprehend information and respond appropriately.
Cultural Differences - CORRECT ANSWER-Factors such as age, gender, race,
socioeconomic status, etc.
, Personal Biases - CORRECT ANSWER-Preferences developed through life
experiences that alter objective decision making and make it difficult to think critically.
Closed Minded Biases - CORRECT ANSWER-Difficult to interact with.
Interpersonal vs. Intrapersonal Communications - CORRECT ANSWER-interpersonal --
Exchange of information between two persons or among persons
interpersonal -- Communication that occurs within yourself, including your thoughts and
emotions.
Consonant Digraphs - CORRECT ANSWER-Two consonant letters that together stand
for a single sound (sh, th, wh).
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWER-Decoding is the ability to apply your knowledge of
letter-sound relationships, including knowledge of letter patterns, to correctly pronounce
written words.
Root Word - CORRECT ANSWER-The form of a word after all affixes are removed, the
base component of a term which gives it a meaning that may be modified by other
components.
Base Word - CORRECT ANSWER-Can stand alone. It is a complete word all by itself,
although other word parts may be added to it to make new words.
Metaphorically - CORRECT ANSWER-Symbolically; figuratively
Reading Process - CORRECT ANSWER-What good readers do before, during, and
after reading. Good readers are active as they read. By following the steps of the
Reading Process, your comprehension and attention will increase.
Modes of Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-Narration, description, persuade, exposition,
research writing, response to literature, writing for assessment, and workplace writing.
Listening Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER-Listening for organizing cues, listening for
verbal and nonverbal cues, listening for main ideas and relevant supporting ideas,
questioning for clarification, seeking and using feedback, applying memory strategies,
and taking notes?
Atmosphere - CORRECT ANSWER-The emotional nod created by the entirety of a
literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of
objects that are described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can
stanza - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of lines in a poem
lyric vs. narrative poem - CORRECT ANSWER-lyric -- does not tell a story/expresses
the personal feelings, observations, or thoughts of a speaker
narrative -- poem that tells story
sonnet - CORRECT ANSWER-a 14 line poem containing 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
quatrain - CORRECT ANSWER-A four line stanza
cinquain - CORRECT ANSWER-a poem with 5 lines that contains a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable
pattern
haiku - CORRECT ANSWER-3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature
limerick - CORRECT ANSWER-a silly, nonsense poem with 5 lines in a AABBA rhyme
scheme
proverb - CORRECT ANSWER-a short traditional saying that expresses wisdom
concrete poem - CORRECT ANSWER-a poem in which the words are arranged to
create a picture that relates to the content of the poem
ode - CORRECT ANSWER-A poem in praise of something divine or noble; usually
serious in tone
Denotative - CORRECT ANSWER-Dictionary definition
Connotative - CORRECT ANSWER-The ideas or concepts a word suggests in addition
to its literal definition.
Reading Comprehension Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER-Understanding what you
have read by making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, synthesizing and
metacognition.
Literal Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-The lowest level of understanding. It
involves reading the lines and understanding exactly what is on the page. Students can
repeat or paraphrase what they have read.
,Inferential Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-Understanding of information that
isn't explicitly given, but rather implied in a written passage. (make predictions)
Evaluative Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-Ability to use critical thinking skills,
logical analysis, and aesthetic considerations to evaluate a text.
Appreciative Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER-Considering the author's purpose
for writing the text. You may not "like" classical music, but can you appreciate the skill,
talent, and years of training of the musicians or composer?
Stylistic Text Features - CORRECT ANSWER-Figurative Language to Text Style
Informational Text - CORRECT ANSWER-Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual
information. Informational texts comprise the majority of printed material adults read
(e.g., textbooks, newspapers, reports, directions, brochures, technical manuals).
Persuasive Text - CORRECT ANSWER-Writing to present an argument or point of view;
editorials, propaganda, advertisement.
Rhetorical Devices - CORRECT ANSWER-Rhetorical devices are common, such as
saying language is a living beast: that's a metaphor — one of the most common
rhetorical devices. Another is alliteration, like saying "bees behave badly in Boston."
Rhetorical devices go beyond the meaning of words to create effects that are creative
and imaginative, adding literary quality to writing.
Drama Characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER-Highly emotional, usually focuses on
humans and involves a "crisis of feeling" - a painful or harmful experience.
Poetry Characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER-Figurative language, meter, sound,
imagery, format.
Meter - CORRECT ANSWER-Beat or Rhythm in Poetry
Iamb - CORRECT ANSWER-Unstressed, Stressed
Trochee - CORRECT ANSWER-Stressed, Unstressed
Anapest - CORRECT ANSWER-Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed
Dactyl - CORRECT ANSWER-Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed
,Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER-In a language or dialect, this is the smallest
segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterances.
Allophones - CORRECT ANSWER-The subtle variations of phonemes that occur as a
result of contextual influences on how phonemes are produced in different words
Rhetoric - CORRECT ANSWER-The art or study of persuasion through speaking or
writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little
Structural Elements - CORRECT ANSWER-Exposition, Climax, Meter, Stanzas
Sound Devices - CORRECT ANSWER-elements such as rhyme, rhythm, alliteration,
and onomatopoeia - gives poetry a musical quality.
Open Ended Question - CORRECT ANSWER-Gives the interviewee a measure of
control over the interview. Allows interviewees to select their answer.
Effective Modifiers - CORRECT ANSWER-Adjectives & Adverbs
Informative/Explanatory Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-writing that conveys information
accurately in order to increase readers' knowledge of a subject, to help readers better
understand a procedure or process, or to provide readers with enhanced
comprehension of a concept.
Expository Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-a type of oral or written discourse that is used
to explain, describe, give information or inform.
Organization Ideas: Cause & Effect, Problem & Solution, Chronological Order
Persuasive Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-Writing in which the author wants to
convince readers to agree with the author's opinions. To accomplish this, the writer must
first make the issues clear to the reader and then provide incidents and facts to support
his or her opinion. Examples: campaign speeches, debates, etc.
Listening Barriers - CORRECT ANSWER-Factors that interfere with our ability to
comprehend information and respond appropriately.
Cultural Differences - CORRECT ANSWER-Factors such as age, gender, race,
socioeconomic status, etc.
, Personal Biases - CORRECT ANSWER-Preferences developed through life
experiences that alter objective decision making and make it difficult to think critically.
Closed Minded Biases - CORRECT ANSWER-Difficult to interact with.
Interpersonal vs. Intrapersonal Communications - CORRECT ANSWER-interpersonal --
Exchange of information between two persons or among persons
interpersonal -- Communication that occurs within yourself, including your thoughts and
emotions.
Consonant Digraphs - CORRECT ANSWER-Two consonant letters that together stand
for a single sound (sh, th, wh).
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWER-Decoding is the ability to apply your knowledge of
letter-sound relationships, including knowledge of letter patterns, to correctly pronounce
written words.
Root Word - CORRECT ANSWER-The form of a word after all affixes are removed, the
base component of a term which gives it a meaning that may be modified by other
components.
Base Word - CORRECT ANSWER-Can stand alone. It is a complete word all by itself,
although other word parts may be added to it to make new words.
Metaphorically - CORRECT ANSWER-Symbolically; figuratively
Reading Process - CORRECT ANSWER-What good readers do before, during, and
after reading. Good readers are active as they read. By following the steps of the
Reading Process, your comprehension and attention will increase.
Modes of Writing - CORRECT ANSWER-Narration, description, persuade, exposition,
research writing, response to literature, writing for assessment, and workplace writing.
Listening Strategies - CORRECT ANSWER-Listening for organizing cues, listening for
verbal and nonverbal cues, listening for main ideas and relevant supporting ideas,
questioning for clarification, seeking and using feedback, applying memory strategies,
and taking notes?
Atmosphere - CORRECT ANSWER-The emotional nod created by the entirety of a
literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of
objects that are described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can
