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Graded A+ 100 Questions with Correct Answers 2026
latest update!!
4 characteristics of a letter - CORRECT ANSWER: name, shape, sound, feel
accent - CORRECT ANSWER: stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more
words in a phrase or sentence
affix - CORRECT ANSWER: a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word
to change its form or usage
analytic phonics - CORRECT ANSWER: separates the whole word into its constituent parts so
students can deduce the phonic relationships of the separate orthographic patterns
Anglo-saxon - CORRECT ANSWER: words that begin with wr, kn, and wr
autamoticity - CORRECT ANSWER: the ability to respond or react without attention or
conscious effort.
base word - CORRECT ANSWER: the simplest form of an English word
benchmark - CORRECT ANSWER: level of proficiency desired in order to proceed to the next
level of instruction
blend - CORRECT ANSWER: two or more adjacent consonants whose sounds flow smoothly
together
bound morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER: a morpheme that cannot stand alone
, breve - CORRECT ANSWER: a curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or
phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short vowel sound in a closed syllable
Chall's six stages of reading development - CORRECT ANSWER: Prereading, initial reading,
confirmation fluency, reading to learn new information, multiple viewpoints, and construction
and reconstruction
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon words - CORRECT ANSWER: Short, common, every day, down
to earth; many have non-phonetic spellings
Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER: Making sense of what we read
comprehension depends on... - CORRECT ANSWER: good word recognition, fluency,
vocabulary, worldly knowledge, language ability
Confirmation Fluency (Stage 2) - CORRECT ANSWER: Age 7-8: begin to read fluently, reading
not focused on gaining new information from reading but is used to gain control of reading
consonant - CORRECT ANSWER: one of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving
through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips, tongue, or teeth during articulation
Construction and reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER: Age 18+: forms knowledge from
reading on a higher level of abstraction, able to construct own viewpoint of what they read and
critically analyze the viewpoints of others
Content (language) - CORRECT ANSWER: Semantics
criterion-referenced test - CORRECT ANSWER: an evaluation in which a student's performance
is compared to a set-criterion instead of to other students
Graded A+ 100 Questions with Correct Answers 2026
latest update!!
4 characteristics of a letter - CORRECT ANSWER: name, shape, sound, feel
accent - CORRECT ANSWER: stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more
words in a phrase or sentence
affix - CORRECT ANSWER: a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word
to change its form or usage
analytic phonics - CORRECT ANSWER: separates the whole word into its constituent parts so
students can deduce the phonic relationships of the separate orthographic patterns
Anglo-saxon - CORRECT ANSWER: words that begin with wr, kn, and wr
autamoticity - CORRECT ANSWER: the ability to respond or react without attention or
conscious effort.
base word - CORRECT ANSWER: the simplest form of an English word
benchmark - CORRECT ANSWER: level of proficiency desired in order to proceed to the next
level of instruction
blend - CORRECT ANSWER: two or more adjacent consonants whose sounds flow smoothly
together
bound morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER: a morpheme that cannot stand alone
, breve - CORRECT ANSWER: a curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or
phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short vowel sound in a closed syllable
Chall's six stages of reading development - CORRECT ANSWER: Prereading, initial reading,
confirmation fluency, reading to learn new information, multiple viewpoints, and construction
and reconstruction
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon words - CORRECT ANSWER: Short, common, every day, down
to earth; many have non-phonetic spellings
Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER: Making sense of what we read
comprehension depends on... - CORRECT ANSWER: good word recognition, fluency,
vocabulary, worldly knowledge, language ability
Confirmation Fluency (Stage 2) - CORRECT ANSWER: Age 7-8: begin to read fluently, reading
not focused on gaining new information from reading but is used to gain control of reading
consonant - CORRECT ANSWER: one of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving
through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips, tongue, or teeth during articulation
Construction and reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER: Age 18+: forms knowledge from
reading on a higher level of abstraction, able to construct own viewpoint of what they read and
critically analyze the viewpoints of others
Content (language) - CORRECT ANSWER: Semantics
criterion-referenced test - CORRECT ANSWER: an evaluation in which a student's performance
is compared to a set-criterion instead of to other students
