OAE English Language Arts 020 Test Exam 2024\2025.
stanza
A group of lines in a poem
lyric vs. narrative poem
lyric -- does not tell a story/expresses the personal feelings, observations, or thoughts of a speaker
narrative -- poem that tells story
sonnet
a 14 line poem containing 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
quatrain
A four line stanza
cinquain
a poem with 5 lines that contains a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern
haiku
3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature
limerick
a silly, nonsense poem with 5 lines in a AABBA rhyme scheme
proverb
a short traditional saying that expresses wisdom
concrete poem
a poem in which the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem
ode
A poem in praise of something divine or noble; usually serious in tone
Denotative
Dictionary definition
Connotative
The ideas or concepts a word suggests in addition to its literal definition.
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Understanding what you have read by making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, synthesizing
and metacognition.
Literal Comprehension
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
, OAE English Language Arts 020 Test Exam 2024\2025.
Understanding of information that isn't explicitly given, but rather implied in a written passage. (make
predictions)
Evaluative Comprehension
Ability to use critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and aesthetic considerations to evaluate a text.
Appreciative Comprehension
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
Figurative Language to Text Style
Informational Text
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
Writing to present an argument or point of view; editorials, propaganda, advertisement.
Rhetorical Devices
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
Highly emotional, usually focuses on humans and involves a "crisis of feeling" - a painful or harmful
experience.
Poetry Characteristics
Figurative language, meter, sound, imagery, format.
Meter
Beat or Rhythm in Poetry
Iamb
Unstressed, Stressed
Trochee
Stressed, Unstressed
Anapest
Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed
Dactyl
Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed
stanza
A group of lines in a poem
lyric vs. narrative poem
lyric -- does not tell a story/expresses the personal feelings, observations, or thoughts of a speaker
narrative -- poem that tells story
sonnet
a 14 line poem containing 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
quatrain
A four line stanza
cinquain
a poem with 5 lines that contains a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern
haiku
3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature
limerick
a silly, nonsense poem with 5 lines in a AABBA rhyme scheme
proverb
a short traditional saying that expresses wisdom
concrete poem
a poem in which the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem
ode
A poem in praise of something divine or noble; usually serious in tone
Denotative
Dictionary definition
Connotative
The ideas or concepts a word suggests in addition to its literal definition.
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Understanding what you have read by making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, synthesizing
and metacognition.
Literal Comprehension
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
, OAE English Language Arts 020 Test Exam 2024\2025.
Understanding of information that isn't explicitly given, but rather implied in a written passage. (make
predictions)
Evaluative Comprehension
Ability to use critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and aesthetic considerations to evaluate a text.
Appreciative Comprehension
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
Figurative Language to Text Style
Informational Text
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
Writing to present an argument or point of view; editorials, propaganda, advertisement.
Rhetorical Devices
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
Highly emotional, usually focuses on humans and involves a "crisis of feeling" - a painful or harmful
experience.
Poetry Characteristics
Figurative language, meter, sound, imagery, format.
Meter
Beat or Rhythm in Poetry
Iamb
Unstressed, Stressed
Trochee
Stressed, Unstressed
Anapest
Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed
Dactyl
Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed
