ICLA Standard 2 | with complete solution | updated

ICLA Standard 2 | with complete solution | updated comprehension - an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) comprehension strategies - specific techniques that promote reading comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context context - discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation; the social or cultural situation situation in which a spoken or written message occurs schema - an internal representation of the world; how the mind categorizes incoming stimuli schemata - plural of schema; more than one cognitive structure stored in memory metacognition - awareness and knowledge of one's mental processes such that one can monitor, regulate, and direct them to a desired end; thinking about one's thinking brainstorming - coming up with as many solutions to a problem as possible in a short period of time with no censoring of ideas readability - the ease with which words, phrases or blocks of text can be read connotative meaning - the meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase; affective meaning;emotive meaning denotative meaning - the literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase; referential meaning; cognitive meaning figurative language - Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification. expository text - text written to explain and convey information, informational writing nonfiction - a type of literature that tells about real-life people, places, events, things, etc. discussion web - uses a think-pair-share discussion cycle in paired, small-group, and large-group situations; all students are encourage to examine multiple points of view. Provides students with a graphic aid to help them clarify their thinking by eliminating inconsistencies and contradictions in their thought processes (Elliott, 2000). semantic feature analysis - technique that can help children understand the uniqueness of a word as well as its relationship to other words previewing text - Using strategies to set a purpose for reading through questions, picture walks, and anticipating what you will read. narrative text structure - usually stated as sequential string of details about characters, their problems, solutions that require a central theme. fiction narrative - imaginary stories with made up people, places and events story grammar - the components in a story and how they function; the structure or key elements of a story, including: the characters, the problem, the attempts to solve the problem, the results of the attempts, and the conclusion main idea - the gist of a passage, central thought, or chief topic of a passage expressed or implied in a word or phrase summarize - To capture all the most important parts of the original story, but express them in