PRAXIS PRACTICE TEST STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
phoneme segmentation - Answer-refers to the ability to break a word in to separate
sounds, saying each sound as it is counted
automacity - Answer-refers to a student's ability to process, de-code, and understand
written words w/o effort
phonological awareness - Answer-the decoding of unfamiliar words depends on the
ability to associate sounds w/ written letters
coat -> coet bought -> baught
this student's spelling demonstrates which type of spelling development characteristic? -
Answer-the ability to recognize words are made up of letter patterns representing
sounds
emergent literacy - Answer-the idea that children grow in to reading and writing w/ no
real beginning or endpoint, develop concurrently and in interrelated ways. The learning
process starts long before children enter school and does not depend on the mastery of
letter-sound skills
orthographic - Answer-the reader uses a visual process to see the letter pattern in
words
open syllable - Answer-ends in a vowel and the sound is long.
ex. apron, remembering, vehicle, able
rate - Answer-refers to the speed at which a text is read. purpose, genre, difficulty and
prior knowledge all affect how quickly a text is read
prosody - Answer-the patterns of stress and intonation in a language ALSO the patterns
of rhythm and sound used in poetry
A reader who has demonstrated fluency while reading an informational text can now
focus on..? - Answer-comprehending the main ideas in a text
phonological awareness - Answer-the ability to understand how words in a text are
segmented in to syllables
rising action - Answer-occurs after the exposition, or introduction, and contains a series
of events that build from the conflict and end at the climax of the story
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
phoneme segmentation - Answer-refers to the ability to break a word in to separate
sounds, saying each sound as it is counted
automacity - Answer-refers to a student's ability to process, de-code, and understand
written words w/o effort
phonological awareness - Answer-the decoding of unfamiliar words depends on the
ability to associate sounds w/ written letters
coat -> coet bought -> baught
this student's spelling demonstrates which type of spelling development characteristic? -
Answer-the ability to recognize words are made up of letter patterns representing
sounds
emergent literacy - Answer-the idea that children grow in to reading and writing w/ no
real beginning or endpoint, develop concurrently and in interrelated ways. The learning
process starts long before children enter school and does not depend on the mastery of
letter-sound skills
orthographic - Answer-the reader uses a visual process to see the letter pattern in
words
open syllable - Answer-ends in a vowel and the sound is long.
ex. apron, remembering, vehicle, able
rate - Answer-refers to the speed at which a text is read. purpose, genre, difficulty and
prior knowledge all affect how quickly a text is read
prosody - Answer-the patterns of stress and intonation in a language ALSO the patterns
of rhythm and sound used in poetry
A reader who has demonstrated fluency while reading an informational text can now
focus on..? - Answer-comprehending the main ideas in a text
phonological awareness - Answer-the ability to understand how words in a text are
segmented in to syllables
rising action - Answer-occurs after the exposition, or introduction, and contains a series
of events that build from the conflict and end at the climax of the story
