Subtest 1 Reading.txt

A story in which people, things, and events have another meaning.

A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.

A speaker's, author's, or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject.

The implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation)

A device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression.

The dictionary meaning of a word, as opposed to connotation.

Word choice

A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness such as deceased for dead or remains for corpse.

Writing that uses figures of speech (as opposed to literal language)

A literary form, such as an essay, novel, or poem. Within genres like the poem, there is also more specific genres based upon content (love poem, nature poem or form.

• The smallest part of written language that represents a phoneme in the spelling of a word.
• It may be just one letter ( b,d,f,p,s) or several letters (ch, sh, th, ea, igh)

Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement.

The images of a literary work, the sensory details of work, the figurative language of work.

A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ.

The special language of a profession or group:

• The initial consonant(s) sound of a syllable
• Ex: the onset of bag is b-
• Swim is sw-

• The smallest part of spoken language that makes a difference in the meaning of words.
• Ex: if -2 phonemes /i/ /f/
• check-3 phonemes- /ch/ /e/ /k/

The understanding that there is a predictable relationship between phonemes and graphemes

• The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds-phonemes-in spoken words.
• Understanding that they work together to make words.

When children work with phonemes in words, they are manipulating the phonemes.

• A rime is the part of a syllable that contains the vowel and all that follows it
• Ex: the rime of bag is -ag

When children break words into their individual phonemes . They are also segmenting when they break words into syllables and syllable into onsets and rimes