FTCE Middle Grades English 5-9
Questions And Correct Answers
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4.ycConflict
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9.ycResolution
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FallingycActionyc-
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WritingycProcessyc-ycCORRECTycANS✔✔1.ycPre-Writing
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Questions And Correct Answers
Allegoryyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Ayctypeycofycnarrativeycthatycusesycaycstoryyctoycsymbolizeycanotheryc
meaningyc(Biblicalycstories)
Alliterationyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Aycdeviceycthatyc"repeats"ycstressedycsoundsycinycaycsequenceycofyc
wordsyccloselyycconnectedyctoyconeycanother.yc*Lusciousyclemons.ycItycisycbasedyconyctheycs
oundsycofycletters,ycratherycthanyctheycspellingycofycwords.
Allusionyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Aycreferenceyctoycanyceventycliteraryycworkycorycperson.yc*Iyccanycnoty
cdoycthatycbecauseycI'mycnotycsuperman.
Foreshadowingyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Usesychintsycinycaycnarrativeyctoycletyctheycaudienceycanticipateycfutur
eyceventsycinyctheycplot.
Hyperboleyc-
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aycfigureycofycspeechycthatycusesycextremeycexaggerationycforycdramaticyceffect.yc*Iychaveycd
oneycthisycaycthousandyctimes.yc*Loveycstory,yccomicycstories.
Metaphoryc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Comparesyctwoycthingsycbyycstatingyconeycisyctheycother.*Theyceyesy
careyctheycwindowsycofyctheycsoul.
Onomotopeiayc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Wordsycthatycimitateyctheycsoundyctheyycdescribe.yc*Plunk,ycWhiz,yc
Pop
Oxymoronyc-
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Personificationyc-
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ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Comparesyconeycobjectyctoycanother.yc*Heycsmokesyclikeycaycchimne
y.yc*Prettyycasycaycpicture.yc*Lightycasycaycfeather.
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ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Refersyctoyctheyc"Attitude"ycexpressedycaboutyctheycsubjectycthrough
yctheycauthor.
Figurativeyclanguangeyc-
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meanycsomethingycotherycthanyctheycliteralycmeaningycofyctheirycwords.yc(Twoycfiguresycofycs
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setycpatternycofycmeterycandycrhyme.
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nycdifferentycwords,ycmostycoftenycatyctheycendsycofyclines.ycRhymeycisycpredominatelyycaycfu
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Dialectycmixtureyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔theycpresenceycinyconeycformycofycspeechycwithycelementsycfromycdiff
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Dictationyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔theycchoiceycofyclanguageycinycaycliteraryycwork.ycMayycbeycformal,ycc
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ycCORRECTycANS✔✔anyyccoherentycsuccessionycofycsentences,ycspokenycorycwritten.ycT
husycaycnovel,ycshortycstory,ycessay,ycspeechycorycinterview.
Styleyc-
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evelopycaycdramaticycmood,ycorycevokeycaycmood.ycCanycalsoycreferyctoycaycperiodycofycliterar
yychistoryycoryctoycanycindividualycwriter.
Email/Electronicyccommunicationyc-
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n.ycElectronicycdocumentsycwillyccontinueyctoycgrow.
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3.ycSummarizeyclongycmessagesycinyctheycfistycparagraph.
4.ycWriteycconciselyycinycshort,ycrelevantycparagraphs.
5.ycUseycaycmixtureycofyccapitalycandycloweryccaseycletterycforyceaseycofycreading.
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7.ycProofreadycafterycusingycspellyccheckycandycgrammaryccheck.
Plotyc-
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evisedycandycpresentedycbyyctheycwriterycasycanycinterrelatedycsequence.
ElementsycofycLiteratureyc-ycCORRECTycANS✔✔1.ycExposition
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3.ycIncitingycForce/triggers
4.ycConflict
5.ycRisingycAction
6.ycCrisis
7.ycClimax
8.ycFallingycaction
9.ycResolution
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IncitingycForce/triggersyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Theyceventycofyccharacterycthatyctriggersyctheycconflict.
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ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Theycessenceycofycfiction.ycItyccreatesycplot.ycWeycusuallyycencounte
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RisingycActionyc-
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thyctheycincitingycforceycandycendsycwithyctheycclimax.
Crisisyc-
ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Theycconflictycreachesycandycaycturningycpoint.ycAycthisycpointyctheyco
pposingycforcesycinyctheycstoryycmeetycandyctheycconflictycbecomesycmostycintense.ycTheyccr
isisycoccursycbeforeycorycatyctheycsameyctimeycasyctheycclimax.
FallingycActionyc-
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Resolutionyc-ycCORRECTycANS✔✔Roundycoutycandycconcludesyctheycaction.
WritingycProcessyc-ycCORRECTycANS✔✔1.ycPre-Writing
2.ycDrafting
3.ycRevising
4.ycEditing
5.ycProofycreading
6.ycPublishing
Purposeycofycwritingyc-ycCORRECTycANS✔✔1.ycToycentertain
2.ycToycpersuadeycorycconvince
3.ycToyceducateycorycinform
