PRAXIS 5047 MIDDLE SCHOOL
ENGLISH COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Personal Writing.
Answer: journaling, autobiographies, diaries, reflective essays
◍ Workplace Writing.
Answer: resumes, cover letters, job applications, business letters
◍ Subject Writing.
Answer: interviews, accounts, profiles, or descriptions
◍ Creative Writing.
Answer: creation of stories and dramas
◍ persuasive writing.
Answer: rhetorical strategies to persuade others, such as editorials,
arguments, commentaries or ads
◍ scholarly writing.
Answer: essays, research papers, bibliographies
◍ MLA Citation (Work Cited Page).
Answer: Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little, Brown,
and Company, 1945. Print.
◍ MLA Citation (within text).
Answer: Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
◍ APA Citation (Work Cited).
, Answer: Salinger, J.D. (1945). The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little,
Brown and Company.
◍ Argument Writing.
Answer: include a claim, evidence, the warrant that explains how the
evidence supports the claim, support for the warrant and qualifications or
counterarguments that refute competing claims
◍ Writers Workshop.
Answer: 1. Mini Lesson: led by teacher or a capable student, based on
individual and group instructional needs2.Status of the Class: teacher asks
each student to provide a brief update on what he or she will be working on
3. Time for Writing: Students work alone, with a partner, or with the teacher
to advance through the stages of the writing process, teacher often
conferences with students during this time, students participate in revising
and editing 4. Sharing: teacher selects one or a few students to share aspects
of their writing
◍ Dialogue (teach and evaluate speaking and listening).
Answer: requires students to work collaboratively to listen to multiple
perspectives and to build on the points of others to reach high levels of
critical thinking
◍ Fishbowl.
Answer: small subset of the class sits in a circle i the center of the class and
engages in dialogue, the rest of the class listens and observes, they will
switch roles
◍ Think-Pair-Share.
Answer: student gathers their own thoughts and then pairs with another
student then they share their ideas
◍ Dicourses.
Answer: systems of thought that systematically construct the subjects and
worlds of which they speak
◍ Exposition (discourse).
ENGLISH COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Personal Writing.
Answer: journaling, autobiographies, diaries, reflective essays
◍ Workplace Writing.
Answer: resumes, cover letters, job applications, business letters
◍ Subject Writing.
Answer: interviews, accounts, profiles, or descriptions
◍ Creative Writing.
Answer: creation of stories and dramas
◍ persuasive writing.
Answer: rhetorical strategies to persuade others, such as editorials,
arguments, commentaries or ads
◍ scholarly writing.
Answer: essays, research papers, bibliographies
◍ MLA Citation (Work Cited Page).
Answer: Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little, Brown,
and Company, 1945. Print.
◍ MLA Citation (within text).
Answer: Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
◍ APA Citation (Work Cited).
, Answer: Salinger, J.D. (1945). The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little,
Brown and Company.
◍ Argument Writing.
Answer: include a claim, evidence, the warrant that explains how the
evidence supports the claim, support for the warrant and qualifications or
counterarguments that refute competing claims
◍ Writers Workshop.
Answer: 1. Mini Lesson: led by teacher or a capable student, based on
individual and group instructional needs2.Status of the Class: teacher asks
each student to provide a brief update on what he or she will be working on
3. Time for Writing: Students work alone, with a partner, or with the teacher
to advance through the stages of the writing process, teacher often
conferences with students during this time, students participate in revising
and editing 4. Sharing: teacher selects one or a few students to share aspects
of their writing
◍ Dialogue (teach and evaluate speaking and listening).
Answer: requires students to work collaboratively to listen to multiple
perspectives and to build on the points of others to reach high levels of
critical thinking
◍ Fishbowl.
Answer: small subset of the class sits in a circle i the center of the class and
engages in dialogue, the rest of the class listens and observes, they will
switch roles
◍ Think-Pair-Share.
Answer: student gathers their own thoughts and then pairs with another
student then they share their ideas
◍ Dicourses.
Answer: systems of thought that systematically construct the subjects and
worlds of which they speak
◍ Exposition (discourse).
