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  2. Truce term - Wikipedia

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    Truce terms are recorded as having been used in the following circumstances; being out of breath, having a stitch, a shoelace being undone, fear of clothes being damaged, needing to go to the lavatory, checking the time, wanting to discuss or clarify rules during a fight or game, or one combatant wanting to remove their spectacles or jacket before continuing.

  3. Synthetic phonics - Wikipedia

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    intensive instruction: teaching or tutoring that include some of the following: more time; peer-assisted strategies; and instruction in small groups or one-on-one. [ 30 ] peer-assisted literacy strategies : learners work in pairs (taking turns as teacher and learner) to learn a structured sequence of literacy skills, such as phonemic awareness ...

  4. Scripted teaching - Wikipedia

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    Scripted teaching or scripted instruction refers to commercial reading programs that have highly structured lessons, often with specific time allotments for teaching specific skills, and often word-for-word scripts of what the teacher is to say. Scripted instruction has often been advocated for schools where teachers have had inadequate teacher ...

  5. Rhyme scheme - Wikipedia

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    Whole verse [8] Couplets are the most common type of rhyme scheme in old school rap [9] and are still regularly used, [4] though complex rhyme schemes have progressively become more frequent. [10] [11] Rather than relying on end rhymes, rap rhyme schemes can have rhymes placed anywhere in the bars of music to create a structure. [12]

  6. Epenthesis - Wikipedia

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    Epenthesis is sometimes used for humorous or childlike effect. For example, the cartoon character Yogi Bear says "pic-a-nic basket" for picnic basket. Another example is found in the chants of England football fans in which England is usually rendered as [ˈɪŋɡələnd] or the pronunciation of athlete as "ath-e-lete".

  7. Wikipedia:List of English contractions - Wikipedia

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    you all (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’d’ve: you all would have (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’dn't’ve: you all would not have (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’re: you all are (colloquial/Southern American English) y’all’ren’t: you all are not (colloquial/Southern American English) y ...

  8. Dactylic hexameter - Wikipedia

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    Dactylic hexameter (also known as heroic hexameter and the meter of epic) is a form of meter or rhythmic scheme frequently used in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry. The scheme of the hexameter is usually as follows (writing – for a long syllable, u for a short, and u u for a position that may be a long or two shorts):

  9. Instruction - Wikipedia

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    Instruction, teaching or education performed by a teacher; Sebayt, a work of the ancient Egyptian didactic literature aiming to teach ethical behaviour; Instruction, the pre-trial phase of an investigation led by a judge in an inquisitorial system of justice; Instruction manual, an instructional book or booklet