ASL Test Review

ASL Gloss

tool helpful for people learning ASL, tells which signs to sign in correct ASL order

ASL Gloss rules

All caps, certain notations for different NMM

Really close distance

tilt your head, clench teeth “cs”, turn head, point hand close to the body

medium distance

tilt your head, purse lips slightly, arms moderately extended

far away

tilt your head, squint eyes, open mouth slightly, arms extended

small

"pinched facial expression

medium

purse lips

big

“TCHA!” furrow brows

cardinal numbers 1-5

signed palm in

cardinal numbers 6-9, 16-20+

palm face out

ordinal numbers 1-9

signed with a twist

age 1-9

incorporated with the sign “age”, comes from chin

age 10+

sign “old/age” and then #

same floor

exit (class)room

different floor

state destination floor

different building

say which building

What are ways to ask for a sign besides fingerspelling it?

pointing, opposites, pictures, describe/act out, list things in category

signers perspective

POV of signer is always used, audience is meant to flip for understanding

pronouns handshape

1/pointed finger

possessive pronoun handshape

open b handshape

spatial agreement

using real world orientation and designated locations or people to communicate verbs more clearly (3d language)

contrastive structure

works as conjunction, shoulder shift to connect/compare concepts

ASL sentence structure

topic-comment

Negative signs where?

end of sentence

past

signed behind

present

signed directly in front

future

reach out further in front

role shifting

moving back and forth between being different characters in ASL

agreement verbs

require 2 people, subject and direct object

What percentage of spoken words can be read on the lips?

30%

Deaf

cultural identify

deaf

medical terminology

Deaf Child Crossing Author

Marlee Matlin

Megan

• Deaf little girl, main character, does not like to be helped, nine years old

Cindy

• moved into Megan’s neighborhood, hearing, new best friend for Megan. Does not always understand Megan’s thought processes.

Lizzie

• Deaf girl Megan and Cindy meet at camp, grows close with Megan and invokes Cindy’s jealousy

Ruthie

• camp counselor whose sister is Deaf, paired with Megan and Lizzie because of it

Apples

• Megan’s beloved dog who has to be put down

Lainee

Megan’s mom

In Deaf Child Crossing, what, in general, made Megan angry?

When people tried to help her without her asking for it (further, when she thought people were making fun of her for being Deaf, whether it was true or not)