ENG1502 FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ schemata.
Answer: generic information stored by the mind
◍ lexical knowledge.
Answer: one's knowledge of word meanings (dictionary)
◍ Allegory.
Answer: A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning- a literal level
and one or more symbolic levels (Animal Farm, Wizard of Oz)
◍ Allusion.
Answer: A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or
work of art
◍ orthographic knowledge.
Answer: knowledge of spelling patterns and pronunciations
◍ Internal Conflict.
Answer: Internal Conflict- a character has a conflict within (head or heart)
◍ syntax and contextual knowledge.
Answer: when children encounter unknown words in a sentence, they rely
on their background knowledge to choose a word that makes sense.
◍ Climax.
Answer: The part of the PLOT that offers the highest point of action; this is
the moment the reader has been waiting for
◍ semantic knowledge.
Answer: reader's background knowledge of a topic, combined with the text
, information. Compared and incorporated into the reader's schema.
◍ External Conflict.
Answer: A struggle between a character and an outside force
◍ phonemic awareness.
Answer: acknowledgement of sounds and words, for example, a child's
realization that some words rhyme.
◍ phonemes.
Answer: the smallest unit of language capable of conveying distinction in
meaning
◍ phonological awareness.
Answer: the ability of the reader to recognize the sounds of spoken language
◍ rime.
Answer: the vowel and everything after it /eep/ word family includes sleep,
jeep, keep.
◍ Foil.
Answer: A character who provides a contrast to a main character (Mercutio
and Romeo)
◍ word analysis.
Answer: the process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on
written patterns.
◍ Situational Irony.
Answer: The opposite of what is expected occurs
◍ Mood.
Answer: The feeling created in the reader (atmosphere)
◍ word recognition.
Answer: the process of automatically determining pronunciation and some
degree of the meaning of an unknown word.
◍ decoding.
, Answer: changing communication signals into messages.
◍ encoding.
Answer: changing messages into symbols
◍ phonics.
Answer: method of teaching reading and spelling based on phonetic
interpretation of ordinary spelling
◍ high frequency words.
Answer: the words used most often in the English language
◍ sight words.
Answer: words that the reader learns to read spontaneously, either because
of frequency or lack of conformity to orthographic rules.
◍ Oxymoron.
Answer: A combination of words that contradict each other, controlled
chaos or loud silence are examples
◍ keyword method.
Answer: uses words and illustrations that highlight salient features of
meaning. Many words cannot be learned this way.
◍ Parallelism.
Answer: The uniformity of grammatical sentence structures
◍ Personification.
Answer: A special kind of metaphor when a writer gives human
characteristics to non-human objects
◍ pre-phonemic spelling.
Answer: children know that letters stand for a message, but they don't know
the relationship between spelling and pronunciation
◍ Plot.
Answer: The sequence of events in a story. The plot includes the exposition,
rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ schemata.
Answer: generic information stored by the mind
◍ lexical knowledge.
Answer: one's knowledge of word meanings (dictionary)
◍ Allegory.
Answer: A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning- a literal level
and one or more symbolic levels (Animal Farm, Wizard of Oz)
◍ Allusion.
Answer: A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or
work of art
◍ orthographic knowledge.
Answer: knowledge of spelling patterns and pronunciations
◍ Internal Conflict.
Answer: Internal Conflict- a character has a conflict within (head or heart)
◍ syntax and contextual knowledge.
Answer: when children encounter unknown words in a sentence, they rely
on their background knowledge to choose a word that makes sense.
◍ Climax.
Answer: The part of the PLOT that offers the highest point of action; this is
the moment the reader has been waiting for
◍ semantic knowledge.
Answer: reader's background knowledge of a topic, combined with the text
, information. Compared and incorporated into the reader's schema.
◍ External Conflict.
Answer: A struggle between a character and an outside force
◍ phonemic awareness.
Answer: acknowledgement of sounds and words, for example, a child's
realization that some words rhyme.
◍ phonemes.
Answer: the smallest unit of language capable of conveying distinction in
meaning
◍ phonological awareness.
Answer: the ability of the reader to recognize the sounds of spoken language
◍ rime.
Answer: the vowel and everything after it /eep/ word family includes sleep,
jeep, keep.
◍ Foil.
Answer: A character who provides a contrast to a main character (Mercutio
and Romeo)
◍ word analysis.
Answer: the process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on
written patterns.
◍ Situational Irony.
Answer: The opposite of what is expected occurs
◍ Mood.
Answer: The feeling created in the reader (atmosphere)
◍ word recognition.
Answer: the process of automatically determining pronunciation and some
degree of the meaning of an unknown word.
◍ decoding.
, Answer: changing communication signals into messages.
◍ encoding.
Answer: changing messages into symbols
◍ phonics.
Answer: method of teaching reading and spelling based on phonetic
interpretation of ordinary spelling
◍ high frequency words.
Answer: the words used most often in the English language
◍ sight words.
Answer: words that the reader learns to read spontaneously, either because
of frequency or lack of conformity to orthographic rules.
◍ Oxymoron.
Answer: A combination of words that contradict each other, controlled
chaos or loud silence are examples
◍ keyword method.
Answer: uses words and illustrations that highlight salient features of
meaning. Many words cannot be learned this way.
◍ Parallelism.
Answer: The uniformity of grammatical sentence structures
◍ Personification.
Answer: A special kind of metaphor when a writer gives human
characteristics to non-human objects
◍ pre-phonemic spelling.
Answer: children know that letters stand for a message, but they don't know
the relationship between spelling and pronunciation
◍ Plot.
Answer: The sequence of events in a story. The plot includes the exposition,
rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
