NESA Language Arts UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER - The repetition of the initial sounds in neighboring
words or stressed syllables. For example: The beautiful blue bug flew freely from flower to
flower.
Antonym - CORRECT ANSWER - A word that means the opposite of another word (e.g.,
hot and cold)
Author's Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER - The author's intention for creating a particular
piece of writing. A particular piece of writing may serve more than one purpose, for example to
entertain, persuade, or inform.
Base Word - CORRECT ANSWER - A word to which prefixes and suffixes may be
attached to create related words such as design in redesign and designer.
Cause-Effect Relationship - CORRECT ANSWER - A stated or implied associated
between an outcome and the conditions which brought it about, often an organizing principle in
narrative and expository text. For example: She didn't set her alarm and she was late.
Compare/Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER - A method utilized to show similarities and
differences between two things, ideas, ect.
Compound word - CORRECT ANSWER - A combination of two or more words that
functions as a single unit of meaning. Example: Baseball
Conflict - CORRECT ANSWER - The struggle either within or between characters that is
often the basis of the plot of a play or story. Also called the problem in a story.
, Context clues - CORRECT ANSWER - Information used from the words surrounding a
specific word that helps the reader or listener identify the meaning of a word.
Description - CORRECT ANSWER - a part of a composition that helps create a mental
picture.
Declarative sentence - CORRECT ANSWER - A sentence that make a statement and end
with a period.
Elements of a story - CORRECT ANSWER - The characters, setting(s), plot, theme, and
events that comprise the story.
Exclamatory Sentence - CORRECT ANSWER - A sentence that makes an exclamatory
statement or shows strong or vehement emotion. It is punctuated with an exclamation point.
Fact/Opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - A method of organizing informational text that
may blend both facts and personal opinions to persuade the reader to think in a particular way.
This method can also be used as part of a compare and contrast activity.
Figurative language - CORRECT ANSWER - Language enriched by word images and
figures of speech.
Genres - CORRECT ANSWER - Categories of information and literary words (e.g.,
biography, poetry, and science fiction).
Homograph - CORRECT ANSWER - A word with the same spelling as another word,
whether or not it is pronounced alike (e.g., pen (a writing instrument) and pen (an enclosure for
an animal). Homographs encompass homonyms and homophones.
Homonym - CORRECT ANSWER - A word with the same spelling as another word, but a
different meaning (e.g., He will read the book today. Once he read it, he will write his review.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER - The repetition of the initial sounds in neighboring
words or stressed syllables. For example: The beautiful blue bug flew freely from flower to
flower.
Antonym - CORRECT ANSWER - A word that means the opposite of another word (e.g.,
hot and cold)
Author's Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER - The author's intention for creating a particular
piece of writing. A particular piece of writing may serve more than one purpose, for example to
entertain, persuade, or inform.
Base Word - CORRECT ANSWER - A word to which prefixes and suffixes may be
attached to create related words such as design in redesign and designer.
Cause-Effect Relationship - CORRECT ANSWER - A stated or implied associated
between an outcome and the conditions which brought it about, often an organizing principle in
narrative and expository text. For example: She didn't set her alarm and she was late.
Compare/Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER - A method utilized to show similarities and
differences between two things, ideas, ect.
Compound word - CORRECT ANSWER - A combination of two or more words that
functions as a single unit of meaning. Example: Baseball
Conflict - CORRECT ANSWER - The struggle either within or between characters that is
often the basis of the plot of a play or story. Also called the problem in a story.
, Context clues - CORRECT ANSWER - Information used from the words surrounding a
specific word that helps the reader or listener identify the meaning of a word.
Description - CORRECT ANSWER - a part of a composition that helps create a mental
picture.
Declarative sentence - CORRECT ANSWER - A sentence that make a statement and end
with a period.
Elements of a story - CORRECT ANSWER - The characters, setting(s), plot, theme, and
events that comprise the story.
Exclamatory Sentence - CORRECT ANSWER - A sentence that makes an exclamatory
statement or shows strong or vehement emotion. It is punctuated with an exclamation point.
Fact/Opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - A method of organizing informational text that
may blend both facts and personal opinions to persuade the reader to think in a particular way.
This method can also be used as part of a compare and contrast activity.
Figurative language - CORRECT ANSWER - Language enriched by word images and
figures of speech.
Genres - CORRECT ANSWER - Categories of information and literary words (e.g.,
biography, poetry, and science fiction).
Homograph - CORRECT ANSWER - A word with the same spelling as another word,
whether or not it is pronounced alike (e.g., pen (a writing instrument) and pen (an enclosure for
an animal). Homographs encompass homonyms and homophones.
Homonym - CORRECT ANSWER - A word with the same spelling as another word, but a
different meaning (e.g., He will read the book today. Once he read it, he will write his review.
