FTCE NavaED Middle Grades English
5-9 Actual Exam Study Questions with
Expert Graded A+ Answers
1. Allegory - ANSWER A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize
another meaning (Biblical stories)
2. Alliteration - ANSWER A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a
sequence of words closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is
based on the sounds of letters, rather than the spelling of words.
3. Allusion - ANSWER A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can
not do that because I'm not superman.
4. Foreshadowing - ANSWER Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience
anticipate future events in the plot.
5. Dialect mixture - ANSWER the presence in one form of speech with
elements from different neighboring dialects.
6. Dictation - ANSWER the choice of language in a literary work. May be
formal, colloquial, and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to
induce a mood in the audience.
7. Discourse - ANSWER any coherent succession of sentences, spoken or
written. Thus a novel, short story, essay, speech or interview.
,8. Style - ANSWER a particular manner of using language to narrate a story,
develop a dramatic mood, or evoke a mood. Can also refer to a period of
literary history or to an individual writer.
9. Email/Electronic communication - ANSWER Very common among people
and business for communication. Electronic documents will continue to
grow.
10.Effective way of writing an email. - ANSWER 1. The subject should be
meaningful and concise. Clear to the reader.
2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
11.Plot - ANSWER the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work,
devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
12.Elements of Literature - ANSWER 1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
4. Conflict
5. Rising Action
6. Crisis
7. Climax
,8. Falling action
9. Resolution
13.Exposition - ANSWER The introductory material which give the setting,
creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to
understanding the story.
14.Inciting Force/triggers - ANSWER The event of character that triggers the
conflict.
15.Hyperbole - ANSWER An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses
extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand
times. *Love story, comic stories.
16.Metaphor - ANSWER Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The
eyes are the windows of the soul.
17.Onomatopoeia - ANSWER Words that imitate the sound they describe.
*Plunk, Whiz, Pop
18.Oxymoron - ANSWER A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
19.Personification - ANSWER Another figure of speech which attributes
"Human Qualities" to an inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down
house appeared depressed.
20.Simile - ANSWER Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a
chimney. *Pretty as a picture. *Light as a feather.
, 21.Tone - ANSWER Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject
through the author.
22.Figurative language - ANSWER A form of language use in which the
writers and speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their
words. (Two figures of speech that are particularly important for poetry are
simile and metaphor)
23.Imagery - ANSWER Is the concrete representation of a sense impression,
feeling or idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory
experience. *Images may be visual (something seen) Aural (something
heard), tactile (felt), olfactory (smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) *
Language that appeals to the senses.
24.Rhyme - ANSWER The repetition of identical or similar concluding
syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.
25.Stanza - ANSWER grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a
set pattern of meter and rhyme.
26.Rhythm - ANSWER Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding
syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is
predominately a function of sound rather than spelling; thus words that end
with they same vowel sound. *day, prey, bouquet, weigh. (Poets rely heavily
on rhythm to express meaning and convey feeling.)
27.clichés - ANSWER Saying or dialogue much overworked in common
language. They are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical
and farcical ways.
5-9 Actual Exam Study Questions with
Expert Graded A+ Answers
1. Allegory - ANSWER A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize
another meaning (Biblical stories)
2. Alliteration - ANSWER A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a
sequence of words closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is
based on the sounds of letters, rather than the spelling of words.
3. Allusion - ANSWER A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can
not do that because I'm not superman.
4. Foreshadowing - ANSWER Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience
anticipate future events in the plot.
5. Dialect mixture - ANSWER the presence in one form of speech with
elements from different neighboring dialects.
6. Dictation - ANSWER the choice of language in a literary work. May be
formal, colloquial, and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to
induce a mood in the audience.
7. Discourse - ANSWER any coherent succession of sentences, spoken or
written. Thus a novel, short story, essay, speech or interview.
,8. Style - ANSWER a particular manner of using language to narrate a story,
develop a dramatic mood, or evoke a mood. Can also refer to a period of
literary history or to an individual writer.
9. Email/Electronic communication - ANSWER Very common among people
and business for communication. Electronic documents will continue to
grow.
10.Effective way of writing an email. - ANSWER 1. The subject should be
meaningful and concise. Clear to the reader.
2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
11.Plot - ANSWER the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work,
devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
12.Elements of Literature - ANSWER 1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
4. Conflict
5. Rising Action
6. Crisis
7. Climax
,8. Falling action
9. Resolution
13.Exposition - ANSWER The introductory material which give the setting,
creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to
understanding the story.
14.Inciting Force/triggers - ANSWER The event of character that triggers the
conflict.
15.Hyperbole - ANSWER An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses
extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand
times. *Love story, comic stories.
16.Metaphor - ANSWER Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The
eyes are the windows of the soul.
17.Onomatopoeia - ANSWER Words that imitate the sound they describe.
*Plunk, Whiz, Pop
18.Oxymoron - ANSWER A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
19.Personification - ANSWER Another figure of speech which attributes
"Human Qualities" to an inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down
house appeared depressed.
20.Simile - ANSWER Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a
chimney. *Pretty as a picture. *Light as a feather.
, 21.Tone - ANSWER Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject
through the author.
22.Figurative language - ANSWER A form of language use in which the
writers and speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their
words. (Two figures of speech that are particularly important for poetry are
simile and metaphor)
23.Imagery - ANSWER Is the concrete representation of a sense impression,
feeling or idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory
experience. *Images may be visual (something seen) Aural (something
heard), tactile (felt), olfactory (smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) *
Language that appeals to the senses.
24.Rhyme - ANSWER The repetition of identical or similar concluding
syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.
25.Stanza - ANSWER grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a
set pattern of meter and rhyme.
26.Rhythm - ANSWER Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding
syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is
predominately a function of sound rather than spelling; thus words that end
with they same vowel sound. *day, prey, bouquet, weigh. (Poets rely heavily
on rhythm to express meaning and convey feeling.)
27.clichés - ANSWER Saying or dialogue much overworked in common
language. They are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical
and farcical ways.
