NES 102 practice test| 70 questions| with complete solutions

Informational Texts correct answer: Meant to teach the reader facts about a subjects Pragmatics correct answer: The study of language in its use Literal Comprehension correct answer: Understanding the meaning of words in a passage, identify topic sentence or supporting detials Inferential Comprehension correct answer: Using information explicitly stated in the passage to determine info that is not stated. evaluative Comprehension correct answer: Analysis or making Judgements about info presented in the text. Phoneme correct answer: Smallest individual sound in a word Compound complex sentence correct answer: A sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Complex Sentence correct answer: Made up of one independent clause and one dependent clause. Compound sentence correct answer: Two independent clauses that are joined by a conjunction or a semicolon. Morpheme correct answer: Combination of sound that has meaning in speech or writitng. Syntax correct answer: The rule that controls the construction of words in order to make phrases, clauses, or sentences. Decoding correct answer: Identifying unknown words by relating the speech sounds to letters or letter patterns. Meter correct answer: Rhythm of a poem, dependent on the number of syllables and how they are accented. Myth correct answer: Stories that are shared with a culture to explain it's history or traditions.