NYSTCE CST Multisubject Childhood 1st-6th Grade Part 1: Literacy Exam Questions With Passed A+ Answers

Antonyms - ANSWER-words that have opposite meanings homophones - ANSWER-These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. homonyms - ANSWER-Two words that sound alike and are spelled alike but have different meanings. homographs - ANSWER-words that are spelled the same but have different meanings Hyponyms - ANSWER-words that can be included in a larger, more general category syntax rules - ANSWER-1. A complete sentence requires a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. 2. Separate ideas generally require separate sentences. 3. English word order follows the subject-verb-object sequence. 4. A dependent clause contains a subject and a verb—but it doesn't express a complete thought. Morphemes - ANSWER-smallest unit of language that have semantic meaning word structure knowledge - ANSWER-knowledge of different word stuctures affix prefix root words compound words language structure knowledge - ANSWER-knowledge of different language structures - recognizes fragments, comma splices, syntax errors, run-on sentences - knowledge of parallelism - evaluate correct placement of modifiers Syllable Types - ANSWER-R controlled (bARn) Vowel Team (ea, ai, ee, etc) diphthong (oi, oy, oo, au, etc.) open syllable closed syllable silent e consonant le (-word ends in cle) Dipthong - ANSWER-a word with 2 vowels next to each other that form a new vowel sound (Foil, boil, fool, etc) vowel team - ANSWER-a word with two vowels, where the second vowel is silent and the first vowel makes its long sound (beac