English Pearson Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions
Morphemes - Answer-Smallest grammatical unit (un-break-able)
Affixes - Answer-Morhems that are added to create related but different words---
Happi(ness)
Root Word - Answer-Help find meeting in words (affixes---hydro/pyro)
Prefixes - Answer-affixes that come before the word
Suffixes - Answer-affixes that come after the word
context clues - Answer-help figure out meanings of words (nouns vs adjectives)
Appositive - Answer-Rename something (The teacher)
Appositive phrase - Answer-Phrase that renames something Chris Seymour, (the
teacher who coaches wrestling)
Syntax - Answer-Sentence structure and word order (can change meaning...sat in a
chair with a broken arm or with a broken arm i sat in the chair
connotation - Answer-implied meaning
denotation - Answer-literal meaning
diction - Answer-how specific writers write...their style, vocal, word choice,
(Shakespeare)
usage - Answer-How the word is used...Gay...happy/homo
Figure of Speech - Answer-verbal expression (Butterflies in my stomach means nervous
literal language - Answer-means what it says
figurative language - Answer-imparts more than literal meaning
technical language - Answer-vocal specific to topic (SLD, OHI, FBA, BIP-SPED)
Infer - Answer-prior knowledge, evidence... scheme (Prior knowledge)+evidence=
, Paired reading strategy - Answer-students are able to bounce ideas back and forth from
each other
text coding - Answer-having a code to understand what you know/what you don't know
so you know what you need to learn (Marks in annotations)
2 column charts - Answer-Main ideas on one side, supporting details on the other
descriptive - Answer-sensory/image
sequence and order - Answer-everything is in order
compare and contrast - Answer-similar/difference
cause and effect - Answer-what happens and the results
problem and solution - Answer-what is happening and how to solve it
connections - Answer-making connections to text (sentence starters)
appendix - Answer-similar to the table of contents
captions - Answer-descriptions of pictures/charts
glossary - Answer-dictionary in the back of the book
explicit - Answer-exactly what it means
implicit - Answer-what is implied
1st person POV - Answer-uses I, Me, My
2nd person POV - Answer-You
3rd person Limited - Answer-only knows that persons thoughts
3rd person Omniscient - Answer-Knows thoughts of everyone
Anecdote - Answer-story to help readers relate
aphorism - Answer-Common beliefs that may be short rhymes, early to bed early to rise
from Ben Franklin
purpose - Answer-reason for writing- its either to persuade, inform, or entertain
Ethos - Answer-appeals to ethics (Doctors, celebs) to help endorse product
Complete Solutions
Morphemes - Answer-Smallest grammatical unit (un-break-able)
Affixes - Answer-Morhems that are added to create related but different words---
Happi(ness)
Root Word - Answer-Help find meeting in words (affixes---hydro/pyro)
Prefixes - Answer-affixes that come before the word
Suffixes - Answer-affixes that come after the word
context clues - Answer-help figure out meanings of words (nouns vs adjectives)
Appositive - Answer-Rename something (The teacher)
Appositive phrase - Answer-Phrase that renames something Chris Seymour, (the
teacher who coaches wrestling)
Syntax - Answer-Sentence structure and word order (can change meaning...sat in a
chair with a broken arm or with a broken arm i sat in the chair
connotation - Answer-implied meaning
denotation - Answer-literal meaning
diction - Answer-how specific writers write...their style, vocal, word choice,
(Shakespeare)
usage - Answer-How the word is used...Gay...happy/homo
Figure of Speech - Answer-verbal expression (Butterflies in my stomach means nervous
literal language - Answer-means what it says
figurative language - Answer-imparts more than literal meaning
technical language - Answer-vocal specific to topic (SLD, OHI, FBA, BIP-SPED)
Infer - Answer-prior knowledge, evidence... scheme (Prior knowledge)+evidence=
, Paired reading strategy - Answer-students are able to bounce ideas back and forth from
each other
text coding - Answer-having a code to understand what you know/what you don't know
so you know what you need to learn (Marks in annotations)
2 column charts - Answer-Main ideas on one side, supporting details on the other
descriptive - Answer-sensory/image
sequence and order - Answer-everything is in order
compare and contrast - Answer-similar/difference
cause and effect - Answer-what happens and the results
problem and solution - Answer-what is happening and how to solve it
connections - Answer-making connections to text (sentence starters)
appendix - Answer-similar to the table of contents
captions - Answer-descriptions of pictures/charts
glossary - Answer-dictionary in the back of the book
explicit - Answer-exactly what it means
implicit - Answer-what is implied
1st person POV - Answer-uses I, Me, My
2nd person POV - Answer-You
3rd person Limited - Answer-only knows that persons thoughts
3rd person Omniscient - Answer-Knows thoughts of everyone
Anecdote - Answer-story to help readers relate
aphorism - Answer-Common beliefs that may be short rhymes, early to bed early to rise
from Ben Franklin
purpose - Answer-reason for writing- its either to persuade, inform, or entertain
Ethos - Answer-appeals to ethics (Doctors, celebs) to help endorse product
