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  2. Time Reading Program - Wikipedia

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    The Time Reading Program (TRP) was a book sales club run by TimeLife, the publisher of Time magazine, from 1962 through 1966. Time was known for its magazines, and nonfiction book series' published under the Time-Life imprint, while the TRP books were reprints of an eclectic set of literature, both classic and contemporary, as well as nonfiction works and topics in history.

  3. Oxymoron - Wikipedia

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    Oxymorons in the narrow sense are a rhetorical device used deliberately by the speaker and intended to be understood as such by the listener. In a more extended sense, the term "oxymoron" has also been applied to inadvertent or incidental contradictions, as in the case of "dead metaphors" ("barely clothed" or "terribly good").

  4. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

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    There are various reading strategies that help readers recognize what they are learning, which allows them to further understand themselves as readers. Also to understand what information they have comprehended. These strategies also activate reading strategies that good readers use when reading and understanding a text. [9]

  5. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    Students learn partially through bottom-up information processing, or processing based on information present in the language presented. For example, in reading bottom-up processing involves understanding letters, words, and sentence structure rather than making use of the students’ previous knowledge. Brainstorming

  6. Paraphrase - Wikipedia

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    For example, the granular understanding of the linguistic changes involved in paraphrase generation could be directly applied to support language learners. A model can provide simpler paraphrases considering specific linguistic variations (e.g., syntax) to support students in learning new words and concepts.

  7. Chronemics - Wikipedia

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    Chronemics is the study of the use of time in nonverbal communication, though it carries implications for verbal communication as well. Time perceptions include punctuality, willingness to wait, and interactions. The use of time can affect lifestyles, daily agendas, speed of speech, movements, and how long people are willing to listen.

  8. Jargon - Wikipedia

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    For example, medieval guilds could use this as one means of informal protectionism. On the other hand, jargon that once was obscure outside a small ingroup can become generally known over time. For example, the terms bit, byte, and hexadecimal (which are terms from computing jargon [23]) are now recognized by many people outside computer science.

  9. Converse (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    Converses can be understood as a pair of words where one word implies a relationship between two objects, while the other implies the existence of the same relationship when the objects are reversed. [3] Converses are sometimes referred to as complementary antonyms because an "either/or" relationship is present between them. One exists only ...