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This document is an ABC book titled "ABC BOOK ELED 412" created by Tiffani Contreras for an ELAR subject. It defines words starting with each letter of the alphabet, including acronym, biography, climax, documentation, evidence, feedback, grammar, hyphen, idiom, journal, key, literature, metaphor, narrative, onomatopoeia, pronoun, quotation, rhyme, syllable, thesaurus, understand, verb, write, xenagogy, you, and zone of proximal development. Resources used include websites from vocabulary.com and Google images.
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- 1. ABC BOOK ELED 412 By: Tiffani Contreras Subject: ELAR
- 2. A is for Acronym… Acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of several words.
- 3. B is for Biography… Biography is an account of the series of events making up a person’s life.
- 4. C is for Climax… Climax is the decisive moment in a novel or play.
- 5. D is for Documentation… Documentation is confirmation that some fact or statement is true.
- 6. E is for Evidence… Evidence means by which an alleged matter is established or disproved.
- 7. F is for Feedback… Feedback is the response to an inquiry or experiment.
- 8. G is for Grammar… Grammar is the branch of linguistics that deal with sentence structure.
- 9. H is for Hyphen… Hyphen is a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a word.
- 10. I is for Idiom… An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words.
- 11. J is for Journal… Journal is a daily written record of experiences and observations.
- 12. K is for Key… Key is servering as an essential component.
- 13. L is for Literature… Literature are writings in a particular style on a particular subject.
- 14. M is for Metaphor… Metaphor is a figure of speech that suggest a non literal similarity.
- 15. N is for Narrative… A narrative is an account that tells the particulars of an act or event.
- 16. O is for Onomatopoeia… An onomatopoeia is using words that imitate the sound they denote.
- 17. P is for Pronoun A pronoun is a function of words that is used in a place of a noun.
- 18. Q is for Quotation… A quotation is a passage or expression that is citied.
- 19. R is for Rhyme… A rhyme is a correspondence in the first sounds of two or more lines.
- 20. S is for Syllable A syllable is a unit of spoke language larger than a phoneme.
- 21. T is for Thesaurus… A thesaurus is a book containing a classified list of synonyms.
- 22. U is for Understand… To understand is to know and comprehend the nature of meaning of.
- 23. V is for Verb… A verb is a word denoting an action, occurrence, or state of existence.
- 24. W is for Write… To write is to communicate or express by letters or symbols.
- 25. X is for Xenagogy… Xenagogy is a guidebook.
- 26. Y is for You… You is a word that refers to another person or persons.
- 27. Z is for Zone of Proximal Development… ZPD is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what the learner can do with help.