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Epic
Language; General language
A long narrative poem, usually about the great deeds of a folk hero, stated in lofty, elevated language, as homer's Iliad.
Enumeration
Language; General language
An expository text structure in which ideas are listed in a prescribed order.
Decoding
Language; General language
Strategies used to assist in the pronunciation of unknown words.
Semantics
Language; General language
The study of meanings by focusing on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata.
Shared reading
Language; General language
A method in which students and teachers read together. As the teacher reads aloud from an enlarged text, children connect visual to oral language, grow in their awareness of how print works, enjoy ...
