BCTE MSE ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Explain Jargon: - ✔✔A specialized vocabulary, usually understood by a group of
people who share a vocation or similar interest.
✔✔Explain Dialect: - ✔✔Regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Patois: - ✔✔A regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Argot: - ✔✔A version of language shared by criminals.
✔✔What is interpretive writing? - ✔✔Writing that helps the reader understand an event,
story, or topic. UNDERSTAND is the key word.(interpret)
✔✔What is expository writing? - ✔✔Writing that is used to explain, describe, or give
information about a topic.
✔✔What is persuasive writing? - ✔✔Writing that attempts to convince the reader
✔✔What is narrative writing? - ✔✔A genre of writing that tells a story from the writers
imagination or experience.
✔✔What is Scanning? - ✔✔Technique employed when looking for a specific word or
phrase.
✔✔What is Skimming? - ✔✔Rapidly reviewing the text to gain a general sense of the
content.
✔✔What is an example of someone showing Basic Interpersonal Communication
Skills? (BICS) - ✔✔Jose chatting with friends during lunch. BICS important steps in
language acquisition.
, ✔✔What strategy is most effective in helping a 1st grader become a better writer? -
✔✔Providing feedback and praise in a post-writing conference.
✔✔What is the heart of the alphabetic principle? - ✔✔Making the connection between
phonemes and graphemes .... "D" is repeated in a song to show that "D" in the word
dog makes the same sound as in dinosaur and dirt.
✔✔ad lazarum - ✔✔an argument which exploits the belief that the poor are innately
wise.
✔✔ad hominem - ✔✔argument that focuses on the person making the argument rather
than the argument itself.
✔✔red herring - ✔✔argument that introduces irrelevant information to distract from the
issue at hand.
✔✔ad nauseum - ✔✔argument that relies on repetition.
✔✔Why would the word "closet" be a challenge for a first grader to read? - ✔✔It has 2
syllables and is difficult to "sound out"
✔✔What is the best definition for the word "maladroit?" - ✔✔Inept - because the Latin
prefix mal - means "bad," as in the words malpractice and malevolence. Inept has the
prefix "in" which also has a negative impact on words such as incomplete and insoluble.
✔✔Why is the following not punctuated correctly? The directions on the screen
reminded me to log-out. - ✔✔"Log-out" is not used as an adjective in this construction;
therefore, a hyphen is not needed between two words.
✔✔When searching for information on the internet, why is it important to use quotation-
mark-enclosed phrases in a search engine? - ✔✔It will find the most pertinent
information and will help students narrow their investigation.
✔✔Why is it important to "read with expression and great emphasis on punctuation"
when reading with young readers? - ✔✔Reading aloud as students follow along in the
text is a great way for students to learn the correlation between the page and the
sounds. Fluency not only concerns speed, but expression, accuracy, and a knowledge
of punctuation and how it affects the text.
✔✔What is the structure and purpose of a fable? - ✔✔They teach a lesson about
abstract moral ideas, wisdom, and foolishness, and make them concrete through
characters and events.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Explain Jargon: - ✔✔A specialized vocabulary, usually understood by a group of
people who share a vocation or similar interest.
✔✔Explain Dialect: - ✔✔Regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Patois: - ✔✔A regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Argot: - ✔✔A version of language shared by criminals.
✔✔What is interpretive writing? - ✔✔Writing that helps the reader understand an event,
story, or topic. UNDERSTAND is the key word.(interpret)
✔✔What is expository writing? - ✔✔Writing that is used to explain, describe, or give
information about a topic.
✔✔What is persuasive writing? - ✔✔Writing that attempts to convince the reader
✔✔What is narrative writing? - ✔✔A genre of writing that tells a story from the writers
imagination or experience.
✔✔What is Scanning? - ✔✔Technique employed when looking for a specific word or
phrase.
✔✔What is Skimming? - ✔✔Rapidly reviewing the text to gain a general sense of the
content.
✔✔What is an example of someone showing Basic Interpersonal Communication
Skills? (BICS) - ✔✔Jose chatting with friends during lunch. BICS important steps in
language acquisition.
, ✔✔What strategy is most effective in helping a 1st grader become a better writer? -
✔✔Providing feedback and praise in a post-writing conference.
✔✔What is the heart of the alphabetic principle? - ✔✔Making the connection between
phonemes and graphemes .... "D" is repeated in a song to show that "D" in the word
dog makes the same sound as in dinosaur and dirt.
✔✔ad lazarum - ✔✔an argument which exploits the belief that the poor are innately
wise.
✔✔ad hominem - ✔✔argument that focuses on the person making the argument rather
than the argument itself.
✔✔red herring - ✔✔argument that introduces irrelevant information to distract from the
issue at hand.
✔✔ad nauseum - ✔✔argument that relies on repetition.
✔✔Why would the word "closet" be a challenge for a first grader to read? - ✔✔It has 2
syllables and is difficult to "sound out"
✔✔What is the best definition for the word "maladroit?" - ✔✔Inept - because the Latin
prefix mal - means "bad," as in the words malpractice and malevolence. Inept has the
prefix "in" which also has a negative impact on words such as incomplete and insoluble.
✔✔Why is the following not punctuated correctly? The directions on the screen
reminded me to log-out. - ✔✔"Log-out" is not used as an adjective in this construction;
therefore, a hyphen is not needed between two words.
✔✔When searching for information on the internet, why is it important to use quotation-
mark-enclosed phrases in a search engine? - ✔✔It will find the most pertinent
information and will help students narrow their investigation.
✔✔Why is it important to "read with expression and great emphasis on punctuation"
when reading with young readers? - ✔✔Reading aloud as students follow along in the
text is a great way for students to learn the correlation between the page and the
sounds. Fluency not only concerns speed, but expression, accuracy, and a knowledge
of punctuation and how it affects the text.
✔✔What is the structure and purpose of a fable? - ✔✔They teach a lesson about
abstract moral ideas, wisdom, and foolishness, and make them concrete through
characters and events.
