English

• Connotation


  the implied or associative meaning of a word
• Denotation


  The dictionary definition of a word
• True or false: to refer to someone as a "snake" implies that they are the actual animal

  false
• True or false: hearing "you're sick, dude!" from a stoned surfer bro means you're actually pretty cool

  true :3
• which has a more negative connotation: cold or freezing?

  freezing
• shades of meaning


  small, subtle differences in meaning between similar words or phrases
• which is more positive: unique or isolated:

  unique
• Literal Comprehension


  Understanding of the basic facts that the student has read.
• Inferential Comprehension


  being able to draw conclusion by reading "between the lines"
• action verbs


  A verb that shows either physical or mental activity. Ex. Walk.
• state of being verbs

  indicates condition or the status of the subject
• helping verb


  assists the main verb in a sentence
• linking verb


  connects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject
• transitive verb


  An action verb that has a direct object
• intransitive verb


  An action verb that does not have a direct object
• decoding words


  Understanding the relationship between the letters in a word & sound of a word is required decoding unfamiliar words
• Segmentation


  seperating words into sounds
• blending


  The task of combining sounds rapidly, to accurately represent the word.
• sight words


  immediate recognization of high frequency words (often memorised)
• Chunking


  recognising familiar parts of a word to help in pronunciation (i.e. recognizing "equi—" (equal) in "equitable")
• recount


  to recall past events
• response


  summarise/analyse/respond to literary texts. can range from reviews to personal replies
• explanation


  a clarification of what something is or how it works
• description


  details characteristics/features/of a thing
• narrative


  The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
• exposition


  puts forward a POV
• information report


  Classifies, describes and gives factual information about people, animals, things or phenomena
• discussion


  presents info and opinions about multiple sides of an issue or a topic up for debate
• poetry


  wide ranging text type with many purposes and forms presented creatively
• procedure


  instructions on how to do something