PRAXIS II ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW HANDBOOK 2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● Phonology. Answer: The analysis of how sounds function in a
language or dialect
● Morphology. Answer: The study of the structure of words
● Semantics. Answer: The study of the meaning in language
● Syntax. Answer: The study of the structure of sentences
● Pragmatics. Answer: The role of context in the interpretation of
meaning
● Sociolinguistics. Answer: Studying language as it relates to society,
including race, class, gender, and age
● Ethnolinguistics. Answer: Studying language as it relates to culture
behavior.
,Frequently associated with minority linguictic groups within the larger
culture
● Psycholinguistics. Answer: Studying language as it relates to the
psychological and neurological factors that enable humans to learn
language
● Dialect. Answer: A variation of language that is a characteristic of a
particular group.
● Creole. Answer: A stable, natural language developed from mixing
parent languages.
● Pidgin. Answer: Simplified language used as a means of
communication between two or more groups that do not have a language
in common.
● Regionalism. Answer: Words or phrases used in common by
population in a particular region.
● Vernacular Language. Answer: The dialect, or normal spoken form of
language, of a specific population.
● Nonstandard Language. Answer: "Why you no cooperate with me,
huh?"
, ● Unnatural Language. Answer: "Thou art so lame."
● Subject. Answer: Who or what the sentence is about
● Predicate. Answer: Rest of sentence or clause that is not the subject,
usually has a verb/action
● Noun. Answer: Thing or Person
● Pronoun. Answer: Replaces a noun
I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever,
whose, someone, everybody, etc.
● Pronoun Shift. Answer: When a writer begins by using a particular
type of pronoun then shifts abruptly to using a different type of pronoun.
Ex. A person who drives an older car would do well to keep a set of
jumper cables in the trunk, in the event that your car suddenly refuses to
start.
● Verb. Answer: Action or State
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW HANDBOOK 2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● Phonology. Answer: The analysis of how sounds function in a
language or dialect
● Morphology. Answer: The study of the structure of words
● Semantics. Answer: The study of the meaning in language
● Syntax. Answer: The study of the structure of sentences
● Pragmatics. Answer: The role of context in the interpretation of
meaning
● Sociolinguistics. Answer: Studying language as it relates to society,
including race, class, gender, and age
● Ethnolinguistics. Answer: Studying language as it relates to culture
behavior.
,Frequently associated with minority linguictic groups within the larger
culture
● Psycholinguistics. Answer: Studying language as it relates to the
psychological and neurological factors that enable humans to learn
language
● Dialect. Answer: A variation of language that is a characteristic of a
particular group.
● Creole. Answer: A stable, natural language developed from mixing
parent languages.
● Pidgin. Answer: Simplified language used as a means of
communication between two or more groups that do not have a language
in common.
● Regionalism. Answer: Words or phrases used in common by
population in a particular region.
● Vernacular Language. Answer: The dialect, or normal spoken form of
language, of a specific population.
● Nonstandard Language. Answer: "Why you no cooperate with me,
huh?"
, ● Unnatural Language. Answer: "Thou art so lame."
● Subject. Answer: Who or what the sentence is about
● Predicate. Answer: Rest of sentence or clause that is not the subject,
usually has a verb/action
● Noun. Answer: Thing or Person
● Pronoun. Answer: Replaces a noun
I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever,
whose, someone, everybody, etc.
● Pronoun Shift. Answer: When a writer begins by using a particular
type of pronoun then shifts abruptly to using a different type of pronoun.
Ex. A person who drives an older car would do well to keep a set of
jumper cables in the trunk, in the event that your car suddenly refuses to
start.
● Verb. Answer: Action or State
