FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM LATEST 2023-2024
ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+
"Don't forget to dust the furniture, Amelia Bedelia." In the classic Amelia Bedelia stories,
Amelia is always misinterpreting her employer's instructions. In this case, Amelia takes
face powder and spreads it over the furniture. Why is Amelia confused? - ANSA
contranym is a word that can mean the opposite of itself. "Dust" can mean to remove or
to place dust on something. A capitonym is a word that is spelled the same but has a
different meaning when capitalized. "My job was to polish the Polish queen's jewels."
"Everyday so far this winter, it has been cold. Therefore, tomorrow will be cold" is an
example of which of the following? - ANSinductive argument
"Where", "when", and "why" are examples of _______. - ANSRelative adverbs
(As a title) are always underlined or italicized. - ANSLarge or complete works, such as
plays
(As a title) set apart with quotation marks - ANSSongs, poems and essays are small
works or part of the whole and are therefore
12-15 centuries - ANSLate Medieval
1840-1900 - ANSVictorian period
1900-1945 - ANSModern Period
A declarative sentence - ANSis one that makes a statement about a person, place,
thing, or idea
A fallacy which occurs when the writer wrongly attributes the cause of an event, is
known as - ANSFaulty casuality
A humorous verse form of five anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba is called -
ANSlimerick
A line or group of lines which is repeated throughout a poem, often after every stanza, is
known as which of the following? - ANSRefrain
A malapropism - ANSis a type of pun, or play on words, in which two words become
mixed up. The speaker meant to say "figment."
A narrative is typically written in which point of view? - ANSFirst and third
A persuasive essay includes - ANSFacts and opinions
,FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM LATEST 2023-2024
ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+
A possessive form - ANSis a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a
relationship of possession in a broad sense
A prepositional phrase - ANSstarts with a preposition, such as at, across, down, in, of,
A psychologists that maintained that thinking stimulates language learning and that
language is dependent on the presence of sensorimotor schemata? - ANSPiaget
A sestina - ANShas 6 stanzas with 6 lines.
A strategy that would be most appropriate for increasing comprehension before reading
a chapter book with out pictures would be - ANS- Preview the chapter titles and identify
questions that would be answered by reading.
A thesis statement - ANSis used to tell the reader what to expect in their reading. Is
typically found in the first paragraph of a paper
A tool for assessing student writing in which the student meets with the teacher to
discuss the students progress or decline, as well as his or her strengths and
weaknesses, is known as which of the following? - ANSConferencing
A vocabulary activity that would best prepare students for a unit on imagery and
figurative language would be - ANS- A set of word games: crosswords, word searches.
Involving adjectives and adverbs.
A Wrinkle in Time - ANSThe story is about Meg, Charles, and Calvin. The main
characters are looking for Meg's father who was trying to solve the tesseract problem.
The main characters were visited by a stranger who told them about a tesseract.
According to Noam Chomsky, which of the following is the third stage of language
development? - ANSTwo-word
Activity that is widely used in building student's reading fluency - ANS-Repeated Oral
Reading Combined with feedback
Alexander Pope - ANSThe rape of the lock
Allegory - ANSA type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another meaning
(Biblical stories)
Alliteration - ANSA device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of words
closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds of
letters, rather than the spelling of words.
, FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM LATEST 2023-2024
ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+
Allusion - ANSA reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do that
because I'm not superman.
Ambiguity of words - ANSis the ability to express more than one interpretation often
resolved by context. Jargon is specialized language.
An imperative sentence - ANSis the type that gives a command.
An indirect object - ANSis someone to whom or for whom something is done. If a
sentence has an indirect object, it appears before the direct object
Anaphora - ANSrefers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are repeated at
the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
Antagonist - ANSThe character or force that opposes the protagonist.
Argumentative Writing - ANS-2 groups disagree about something
-Change the readers mind, convince reader of their point of view.
-Highly persuasive and logical
Aristophanes - ANSGreek playwright (comedic) wrote in the style "old comedy"
At which stage of second language acquisition would you expect a student to begin
using short phrases? - ANSAt the early production stage, the student has a vocabulary
of 1,000 words. They also begin using short phrases at this time.
Basic elements of speech making - ANS-Speaker brings self-conception or impression
of the audiences general identify.
-Identify the audience
-Selecting appropriate subject
-Speaker uses various channels of communication
-Feedback
Basic research techniques include how many steps? - ANSEight steps
Basing a conclusion on where one comes from rather than the current context or
definition. - ANSGenetic fallacy
Begging the question is a type of - ANScircular reasoning
Ben Johnson - ANSfollowers became son of Ben
Biography - ANSa written account of another person's life
ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+
"Don't forget to dust the furniture, Amelia Bedelia." In the classic Amelia Bedelia stories,
Amelia is always misinterpreting her employer's instructions. In this case, Amelia takes
face powder and spreads it over the furniture. Why is Amelia confused? - ANSA
contranym is a word that can mean the opposite of itself. "Dust" can mean to remove or
to place dust on something. A capitonym is a word that is spelled the same but has a
different meaning when capitalized. "My job was to polish the Polish queen's jewels."
"Everyday so far this winter, it has been cold. Therefore, tomorrow will be cold" is an
example of which of the following? - ANSinductive argument
"Where", "when", and "why" are examples of _______. - ANSRelative adverbs
(As a title) are always underlined or italicized. - ANSLarge or complete works, such as
plays
(As a title) set apart with quotation marks - ANSSongs, poems and essays are small
works or part of the whole and are therefore
12-15 centuries - ANSLate Medieval
1840-1900 - ANSVictorian period
1900-1945 - ANSModern Period
A declarative sentence - ANSis one that makes a statement about a person, place,
thing, or idea
A fallacy which occurs when the writer wrongly attributes the cause of an event, is
known as - ANSFaulty casuality
A humorous verse form of five anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba is called -
ANSlimerick
A line or group of lines which is repeated throughout a poem, often after every stanza, is
known as which of the following? - ANSRefrain
A malapropism - ANSis a type of pun, or play on words, in which two words become
mixed up. The speaker meant to say "figment."
A narrative is typically written in which point of view? - ANSFirst and third
A persuasive essay includes - ANSFacts and opinions
,FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM LATEST 2023-2024
ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+
A possessive form - ANSis a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a
relationship of possession in a broad sense
A prepositional phrase - ANSstarts with a preposition, such as at, across, down, in, of,
A psychologists that maintained that thinking stimulates language learning and that
language is dependent on the presence of sensorimotor schemata? - ANSPiaget
A sestina - ANShas 6 stanzas with 6 lines.
A strategy that would be most appropriate for increasing comprehension before reading
a chapter book with out pictures would be - ANS- Preview the chapter titles and identify
questions that would be answered by reading.
A thesis statement - ANSis used to tell the reader what to expect in their reading. Is
typically found in the first paragraph of a paper
A tool for assessing student writing in which the student meets with the teacher to
discuss the students progress or decline, as well as his or her strengths and
weaknesses, is known as which of the following? - ANSConferencing
A vocabulary activity that would best prepare students for a unit on imagery and
figurative language would be - ANS- A set of word games: crosswords, word searches.
Involving adjectives and adverbs.
A Wrinkle in Time - ANSThe story is about Meg, Charles, and Calvin. The main
characters are looking for Meg's father who was trying to solve the tesseract problem.
The main characters were visited by a stranger who told them about a tesseract.
According to Noam Chomsky, which of the following is the third stage of language
development? - ANSTwo-word
Activity that is widely used in building student's reading fluency - ANS-Repeated Oral
Reading Combined with feedback
Alexander Pope - ANSThe rape of the lock
Allegory - ANSA type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another meaning
(Biblical stories)
Alliteration - ANSA device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of words
closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds of
letters, rather than the spelling of words.
, FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM LATEST 2023-2024
ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+
Allusion - ANSA reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do that
because I'm not superman.
Ambiguity of words - ANSis the ability to express more than one interpretation often
resolved by context. Jargon is specialized language.
An imperative sentence - ANSis the type that gives a command.
An indirect object - ANSis someone to whom or for whom something is done. If a
sentence has an indirect object, it appears before the direct object
Anaphora - ANSrefers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are repeated at
the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
Antagonist - ANSThe character or force that opposes the protagonist.
Argumentative Writing - ANS-2 groups disagree about something
-Change the readers mind, convince reader of their point of view.
-Highly persuasive and logical
Aristophanes - ANSGreek playwright (comedic) wrote in the style "old comedy"
At which stage of second language acquisition would you expect a student to begin
using short phrases? - ANSAt the early production stage, the student has a vocabulary
of 1,000 words. They also begin using short phrases at this time.
Basic elements of speech making - ANS-Speaker brings self-conception or impression
of the audiences general identify.
-Identify the audience
-Selecting appropriate subject
-Speaker uses various channels of communication
-Feedback
Basic research techniques include how many steps? - ANSEight steps
Basing a conclusion on where one comes from rather than the current context or
definition. - ANSGenetic fallacy
Begging the question is a type of - ANScircular reasoning
Ben Johnson - ANSfollowers became son of Ben
Biography - ANSa written account of another person's life
