OSAT SUBTEST 1 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CCORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Affix - Answers an element added to the base, stem, or root of a word to form a fresh word or stem.
(includes prefixes and suffixes)
Analogies - Answers Comparisons of the similar aspects of two different things.
Antonym - Answers Words which have opposite meanings (hot and cold)
Archetype - Answers a descriptive detail, plot pattern, character type, or theme that recurs in many
different cultures.
Autobiography - Answers the biography of a person written by oneself.
Balanced Reading Program - Answers a balanced reading program includes instruction in word
identification skills as well as instruction in reading comprehension strategies. Includes reading to
whole groups of students, guided reading activities with group of students, shared reading, and
independent reading by individual students.
Base word - Answers a word where a prefix or suffix may be added
Biography - Answers story about the achievements of others
CVC - Answers consonant/vowel/consonant
choral reading - Answers group reading aloud
cinquain - Answers Poetic form; structure may follow a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern or may follow a
simpler form using words per line in a 1-2-3-4-1 pattern
consonant blend - Answers joining of the sounds represented by two or more letters with minimal
change in those sounds; consists of two or more consonants sounded together in such a way that
EACH is heard
consonant digraph - Answers consists of two consonants that together represent one sound (sh, ch,
th, wh)
consonants - Answers the remaining letters of the alphabet and usually include w and y; single sound
made by a partial or complete obstruction of air.
context clue - Answers the information from the immediate textual setting that helps identify a word
or word group.
contraction - Answers a short way to write two words as one by writing the two words together,
leaving out on or more letters and replacing the missing letters with an apostrophe. (cannot=can't)
Convention - Answers accepted practice in written language
cooperative learning - Answers activities in which students work together in group to achieve a
common goal
critical thinking - Answers logical, reflective thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do.
it may include analyzing arguments, seeing other points of view, and/or reaching conclusions.
cubing - Answers a method for discovering ideas about a topic by using six strategies (in any order) to
investigate it: describe it, compare it, associate it, analyze it, apply it, and argue for or against it.
cues/cuing system - Answers sources of information used by readers to construct meaning. The
language cuing system includes the graphophonic system--the relationship between oral and written
language (phonics); the syntactic system---the relationship among linguistic units such as prefixes,
suffixes, words, phrases, and clauses(grammar); and the semantic system---the meaning system of
language.
decode - Answers to analyze spoken or graphic symbols of familiar language to ascertain their
intended meaning.
descriptive writing - Answers one of four chief composition modes. Writing which paints a picture of
a person, place, thing, or idea using vivid details.
dialect - Answers a social or regional variety of a particular language with phonological , grammatical,
and lexical patterns that distinguish it from other varieties.
diamante - Answers a poetic form; structure follows a diamond shape of seven lines as follows; one
noun, two adjectives, three participles, four related nouns, or a phrase of four words, three
participles, two adjectives, and one noun.
diphthong - Answers a vowel sound produced when the tongue moves form one vowel sound toward
another vowel in the same syllable; two vowel sounds that come together so fast that they are
considered one syllable (ou, ow, oi/oy)
directionality - Answers the ability to perceive spatial orientation correctly (left to right)
Affix - Answers an element added to the base, stem, or root of a word to form a fresh word or stem.
(includes prefixes and suffixes)
Analogies - Answers Comparisons of the similar aspects of two different things.
Antonym - Answers Words which have opposite meanings (hot and cold)
Archetype - Answers a descriptive detail, plot pattern, character type, or theme that recurs in many
different cultures.
Autobiography - Answers the biography of a person written by oneself.
Balanced Reading Program - Answers a balanced reading program includes instruction in word
identification skills as well as instruction in reading comprehension strategies. Includes reading to
whole groups of students, guided reading activities with group of students, shared reading, and
independent reading by individual students.
Base word - Answers a word where a prefix or suffix may be added
Biography - Answers story about the achievements of others
CVC - Answers consonant/vowel/consonant
choral reading - Answers group reading aloud
cinquain - Answers Poetic form; structure may follow a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern or may follow a
simpler form using words per line in a 1-2-3-4-1 pattern
consonant blend - Answers joining of the sounds represented by two or more letters with minimal
change in those sounds; consists of two or more consonants sounded together in such a way that
EACH is heard
consonant digraph - Answers consists of two consonants that together represent one sound (sh, ch,
th, wh)
consonants - Answers the remaining letters of the alphabet and usually include w and y; single sound
made by a partial or complete obstruction of air.
context clue - Answers the information from the immediate textual setting that helps identify a word
or word group.
contraction - Answers a short way to write two words as one by writing the two words together,
leaving out on or more letters and replacing the missing letters with an apostrophe. (cannot=can't)
Convention - Answers accepted practice in written language
cooperative learning - Answers activities in which students work together in group to achieve a
common goal
critical thinking - Answers logical, reflective thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do.
it may include analyzing arguments, seeing other points of view, and/or reaching conclusions.
cubing - Answers a method for discovering ideas about a topic by using six strategies (in any order) to
investigate it: describe it, compare it, associate it, analyze it, apply it, and argue for or against it.
cues/cuing system - Answers sources of information used by readers to construct meaning. The
language cuing system includes the graphophonic system--the relationship between oral and written
language (phonics); the syntactic system---the relationship among linguistic units such as prefixes,
suffixes, words, phrases, and clauses(grammar); and the semantic system---the meaning system of
language.
decode - Answers to analyze spoken or graphic symbols of familiar language to ascertain their
intended meaning.
descriptive writing - Answers one of four chief composition modes. Writing which paints a picture of
a person, place, thing, or idea using vivid details.
dialect - Answers a social or regional variety of a particular language with phonological , grammatical,
and lexical patterns that distinguish it from other varieties.
diamante - Answers a poetic form; structure follows a diamond shape of seven lines as follows; one
noun, two adjectives, three participles, four related nouns, or a phrase of four words, three
participles, two adjectives, and one noun.
diphthong - Answers a vowel sound produced when the tongue moves form one vowel sound toward
another vowel in the same syllable; two vowel sounds that come together so fast that they are
considered one syllable (ou, ow, oi/oy)
directionality - Answers the ability to perceive spatial orientation correctly (left to right)
