Middle Level English OSAT UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Generic type of speeches - CORRECT ANSWER - welcome, thank-you, keynote
addresses, position papers, commemorative and dedication, farewell.
Benefit of Digital Media - CORRECT ANSWER - Networking affords teachers and
students interconnected communication and information, plus formats and experiences that can
be customized to the diversity of individual learners.
Reasons to have an organized speech - CORRECT ANSWER - When ideas in a speech are
well-organized and adhere to a consistent pattern, the speaker communicates better with listeners
and is more convincing.
Effective speech delivery should be all of the following: - CORRECT ANSWER - Vocal
control (loudness, speed, pitch, use of pauses, tonal variety, correct pronunciation, and clear
articulation) and nonverbal behaviors.
What should teachers model before initiating class or group discussions? - CORRECT
ANSWER - appropriate behaviors including active listening, eye contact, affirming or
confirming the speaker's message, and restating the speaker's message for confirmation or
correction.
What does active listening involve? - CORRECT ANSWER - Constructing meaning out of
what is heard, being reflective and creative in considering and manipulating information and
making competent decisions rich in ideas.
Typical speed of speaking - CORRECT ANSWER - 125 words per minute
Typical speed of listening - CORRECT ANSWER - roughly 500 words per minute.
,Ground rules for small group discussion - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Students can only
speak about other's ideas,
2. Teachers and classmates can ask students to clarify their ideas, give examples, connect them
more closely to what they read,or elaborate. 3. Small groups can summarize overall points for
other groups, including shared points, differences, and potential topics the missed.
A way to correct a student's erroneous statement - CORRECT ANSWER - Acknowledge
how the student came to a conclusion but explain how it does not apply to the current context, or
explain how the student's response might be correct in another situation.
A way to make students comfortable with discussions - CORRECT ANSWER - Ask
students to write papers about what the characteristics of good and bad class discussions, and
then talk about them in class. Make a list of discussion goals and give copies to all the students.
What should the writer do throughout a literature review? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Summarize and comment on each source reviewed, and relate the findings to the original
research question.
What should the writer explicitly state in the conclusion? - CORRECT ANSWER - How
the research question and pertinent literature interaction is developed throughout the body,
reflecting on insights gained through the process.
Primary sources - CORRECT ANSWER - original information, like reports other
researchers have made of their findings and other first-hand accounts written by experimenters or
witnesses of discoveries or events.
Where are primary sources found? - CORRECT ANSWER - Academic books, journals
and other periodicals, and authoritative databases.
Secondary Sources - CORRECT ANSWER - information originally given by other people
or found in other places.
,Where are secondary sources found? - CORRECT ANSWER - cites, quoted, or described
in books, magazines, newspapers, films, audio and video materials, databases, and websites.
APA style is used - CORRECT ANSWER - Science, Psychology and Sociology papers
MLA style is used - CORRECT ANSWER - English literature papers and similar scholarly
projects.
When should quotations be used? - CORRECT ANSWER - To stimulate discussion rather
than taking its place.
What are sentence predicates? - CORRECT ANSWER - Verbs
Conjunctive adverbs - CORRECT ANSWER - Adverbs that act like conjunctions;
therefore they connect the information in two clauses or sentences. (however, then, finally,etc.)
Semicolons - CORRECT ANSWER - Separate independent clauses, such as "she likes
music; she likes to dance."
Colons - CORRECT ANSWER - separate clauses when the second explains or illustrates
the first (she likes music: she likes to dance to it.)
Gerunds - CORRECT ANSWER - verb forms ending in -ing and used as nouns, ie.
SKIING is a wonderful sport
Lie - CORRECT ANSWER - the infinitive form of the verb, as in "It is restful to lie down
on a bed."
Lay - CORRECT ANSWER - always a transitive verb, which means that it requires an
object, and it means to make something lie down or to set something down (lay that book on the
table.)
, Compound adjectives - CORRECT ANSWER - (paint-chipped, two-faced, beat-up,
evidence-based)
often hyphenated, but not always, as in bloodstained.
dangling participle - CORRECT ANSWER - Often found at the beginning of a sentence,
that appears from its position to modify an element of the sentence other than the one it was
intended to modify, as plunging in "Plunging hundreds of feet into the gorge, we saw Yosemite
Falls."
squinting modifier - CORRECT ANSWER - A type of misplaced modifier that could
modify either the words before or the words after it. It can "look" left or right. If there is nothing
to one of those sides, then it is a misplaced modifier.
→ Taking a moment to think clearly improves your chances.
(Are we "thinking clearly" or are we "clearly improving"?)
misplaced modifier - CORRECT ANSWER - a phrase or clause placed awkwardly in a
sentence so that it appears to modify or refer to an unintended word.
Phrase - CORRECT ANSWER - lacks either a subject or a verb
Clause - CORRECT ANSWER - makes a complete sentence with intransitive verb
Possessive pronoun - CORRECT ANSWER - never includes an apostrophe
Three major parts of the essay - CORRECT ANSWER - introduction, body, and
conclusion
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Generic type of speeches - CORRECT ANSWER - welcome, thank-you, keynote
addresses, position papers, commemorative and dedication, farewell.
Benefit of Digital Media - CORRECT ANSWER - Networking affords teachers and
students interconnected communication and information, plus formats and experiences that can
be customized to the diversity of individual learners.
Reasons to have an organized speech - CORRECT ANSWER - When ideas in a speech are
well-organized and adhere to a consistent pattern, the speaker communicates better with listeners
and is more convincing.
Effective speech delivery should be all of the following: - CORRECT ANSWER - Vocal
control (loudness, speed, pitch, use of pauses, tonal variety, correct pronunciation, and clear
articulation) and nonverbal behaviors.
What should teachers model before initiating class or group discussions? - CORRECT
ANSWER - appropriate behaviors including active listening, eye contact, affirming or
confirming the speaker's message, and restating the speaker's message for confirmation or
correction.
What does active listening involve? - CORRECT ANSWER - Constructing meaning out of
what is heard, being reflective and creative in considering and manipulating information and
making competent decisions rich in ideas.
Typical speed of speaking - CORRECT ANSWER - 125 words per minute
Typical speed of listening - CORRECT ANSWER - roughly 500 words per minute.
,Ground rules for small group discussion - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Students can only
speak about other's ideas,
2. Teachers and classmates can ask students to clarify their ideas, give examples, connect them
more closely to what they read,or elaborate. 3. Small groups can summarize overall points for
other groups, including shared points, differences, and potential topics the missed.
A way to correct a student's erroneous statement - CORRECT ANSWER - Acknowledge
how the student came to a conclusion but explain how it does not apply to the current context, or
explain how the student's response might be correct in another situation.
A way to make students comfortable with discussions - CORRECT ANSWER - Ask
students to write papers about what the characteristics of good and bad class discussions, and
then talk about them in class. Make a list of discussion goals and give copies to all the students.
What should the writer do throughout a literature review? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Summarize and comment on each source reviewed, and relate the findings to the original
research question.
What should the writer explicitly state in the conclusion? - CORRECT ANSWER - How
the research question and pertinent literature interaction is developed throughout the body,
reflecting on insights gained through the process.
Primary sources - CORRECT ANSWER - original information, like reports other
researchers have made of their findings and other first-hand accounts written by experimenters or
witnesses of discoveries or events.
Where are primary sources found? - CORRECT ANSWER - Academic books, journals
and other periodicals, and authoritative databases.
Secondary Sources - CORRECT ANSWER - information originally given by other people
or found in other places.
,Where are secondary sources found? - CORRECT ANSWER - cites, quoted, or described
in books, magazines, newspapers, films, audio and video materials, databases, and websites.
APA style is used - CORRECT ANSWER - Science, Psychology and Sociology papers
MLA style is used - CORRECT ANSWER - English literature papers and similar scholarly
projects.
When should quotations be used? - CORRECT ANSWER - To stimulate discussion rather
than taking its place.
What are sentence predicates? - CORRECT ANSWER - Verbs
Conjunctive adverbs - CORRECT ANSWER - Adverbs that act like conjunctions;
therefore they connect the information in two clauses or sentences. (however, then, finally,etc.)
Semicolons - CORRECT ANSWER - Separate independent clauses, such as "she likes
music; she likes to dance."
Colons - CORRECT ANSWER - separate clauses when the second explains or illustrates
the first (she likes music: she likes to dance to it.)
Gerunds - CORRECT ANSWER - verb forms ending in -ing and used as nouns, ie.
SKIING is a wonderful sport
Lie - CORRECT ANSWER - the infinitive form of the verb, as in "It is restful to lie down
on a bed."
Lay - CORRECT ANSWER - always a transitive verb, which means that it requires an
object, and it means to make something lie down or to set something down (lay that book on the
table.)
, Compound adjectives - CORRECT ANSWER - (paint-chipped, two-faced, beat-up,
evidence-based)
often hyphenated, but not always, as in bloodstained.
dangling participle - CORRECT ANSWER - Often found at the beginning of a sentence,
that appears from its position to modify an element of the sentence other than the one it was
intended to modify, as plunging in "Plunging hundreds of feet into the gorge, we saw Yosemite
Falls."
squinting modifier - CORRECT ANSWER - A type of misplaced modifier that could
modify either the words before or the words after it. It can "look" left or right. If there is nothing
to one of those sides, then it is a misplaced modifier.
→ Taking a moment to think clearly improves your chances.
(Are we "thinking clearly" or are we "clearly improving"?)
misplaced modifier - CORRECT ANSWER - a phrase or clause placed awkwardly in a
sentence so that it appears to modify or refer to an unintended word.
Phrase - CORRECT ANSWER - lacks either a subject or a verb
Clause - CORRECT ANSWER - makes a complete sentence with intransitive verb
Possessive pronoun - CORRECT ANSWER - never includes an apostrophe
Three major parts of the essay - CORRECT ANSWER - introduction, body, and
conclusion
