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ABCTE ELA Test Exam Questions And
Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Regular Present Participle - Answer✔The verb "greasing" is an example of which of the
following?
Irregular past
Regular present participle
Irregular past participle
Regular past participle
Inferences - Answer✔Just as we analyze other types of fiction, we can analyze poetry. We can
find explicit and implicit evidence in the poem. We can draw
______________________________from the writer's word choice and the form the writer uses.
fiction
biographies
inferences
similar characters
Stephen Crane - Answer✔All of the following are considered Transcendentalists EXCEPT:
Stephen Crane
Ralph waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Cento - Answer✔Which of the following poetry forms is put together from lines of other poems?
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limerick
sonnet
villanelle
cento
Planning Information for the Knowledge rating Chart - Answer✔As a teacher, you know that
using only a few tests offers a limited view of students' achievement and progress. You can
create a list of choices and consider designing assessments that test what you teach such as
narrative literary elements, nonfiction features, poetic forms, vocabulary and so on. Which of the
following is NOT an appropriate assessment method?
planning information for the knowledge rating chart
journal entries
tests on narrative literary elements: relate these to examples from a text
vocabulary tests
Person vs. Society - Answer✔Story plots contain opposing elements. In Star Wars, the conflict
between the Rebels and The Empire presents an example of which type of conflict?
Person vs. person
Person vs society
person vs. self
person vs. nature
Activities that stress relationships between and among concepts - Answer✔Drill work does work
as a means of enhancing the retention of information. A crucial question for teachers is whether
it is possible to derive the benefits of drill without incurring its negative side effects. The answer
is yes. By designing activities in which the recall of information is integrated with its application
at higher levels, teachers can ensure the repetition needed for retention while deepening
understanding through higher-level thought. By higher level, we mean which of the following?
activities that stress relationships between and among concepts
activities that do not require students to make inferences
activities that do not require students to reach critical judgments
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activities that involve K-W-L
All of the Above - Answer✔Which of the following is true of transitions?
Transitions can be a carefully chosen sentence at the end of a scene and another at the beginning
of the next
It can be a lead-in paragraph to a new section
It can be several pages of narrative summary
All of the above
Common Element - Answer✔Literature discussion groups bring students together to discuss
fiction they have read. Using nonfiction as the basis of these discussions can be highly
motivating as well. Best of all, students need not have to read the same selection. Rather, the
________________________________________is the topic
.picture
teacher's lesson
common element
technology used
The cat deftly leaped over the wall between the two yards. - Answer✔The denotation of a word
is its precise meaning. Which is an example of denotation?
The unspoken words were a wall between us.
The cat deftly leaped over the wall between the two yards.
She put up a wall of indifference while the criticisms rained down on her head.
The wildly wavering wall wiggled in the wind.
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Always provide a vocabular list - Answer✔Mature writers often draw from several content areas
regardless of the mode in which they write. The same will be true for much of the writing that
students are asked to do. It is important for you, as the teacher, to use effective writing questions
and prompts. Which of the following would NOT be considered an effective writing question
and/or prompt?
ask students to use prior knowledge and new content knowledge
suggest or specify an audience of readers, real or imaginary
encourage creativity
always provide a vocabulary list
Students focus on meaning in reading and meaning in writing. They are immersed in many
language experiences. - Answer✔Which of the following is an example of whole language
instruction?
Students analyze text to find patterns and syntactic clues
Students learn individual letter sounds, then combinations of letter sounds and the rules for
putting these sounds together to make words.
Students focus on meaning in reading and meaning in writing. They are immersed in many
language experiences.
Students memorize lists of high-frequency words in order to increase fluency.
Historical Fiction - Answer✔Gore Vidal's "Lincoln" makes use of which of the following literary
elements?
Frame tale
Historical fiction
Horror
Legend
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ABCTE ELA Test Exam Questions And
Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Regular Present Participle - Answer✔The verb "greasing" is an example of which of the
following?
Irregular past
Regular present participle
Irregular past participle
Regular past participle
Inferences - Answer✔Just as we analyze other types of fiction, we can analyze poetry. We can
find explicit and implicit evidence in the poem. We can draw
______________________________from the writer's word choice and the form the writer uses.
fiction
biographies
inferences
similar characters
Stephen Crane - Answer✔All of the following are considered Transcendentalists EXCEPT:
Stephen Crane
Ralph waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Cento - Answer✔Which of the following poetry forms is put together from lines of other poems?
1|Page
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limerick
sonnet
villanelle
cento
Planning Information for the Knowledge rating Chart - Answer✔As a teacher, you know that
using only a few tests offers a limited view of students' achievement and progress. You can
create a list of choices and consider designing assessments that test what you teach such as
narrative literary elements, nonfiction features, poetic forms, vocabulary and so on. Which of the
following is NOT an appropriate assessment method?
planning information for the knowledge rating chart
journal entries
tests on narrative literary elements: relate these to examples from a text
vocabulary tests
Person vs. Society - Answer✔Story plots contain opposing elements. In Star Wars, the conflict
between the Rebels and The Empire presents an example of which type of conflict?
Person vs. person
Person vs society
person vs. self
person vs. nature
Activities that stress relationships between and among concepts - Answer✔Drill work does work
as a means of enhancing the retention of information. A crucial question for teachers is whether
it is possible to derive the benefits of drill without incurring its negative side effects. The answer
is yes. By designing activities in which the recall of information is integrated with its application
at higher levels, teachers can ensure the repetition needed for retention while deepening
understanding through higher-level thought. By higher level, we mean which of the following?
activities that stress relationships between and among concepts
activities that do not require students to make inferences
activities that do not require students to reach critical judgments
2|Page
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activities that involve K-W-L
All of the Above - Answer✔Which of the following is true of transitions?
Transitions can be a carefully chosen sentence at the end of a scene and another at the beginning
of the next
It can be a lead-in paragraph to a new section
It can be several pages of narrative summary
All of the above
Common Element - Answer✔Literature discussion groups bring students together to discuss
fiction they have read. Using nonfiction as the basis of these discussions can be highly
motivating as well. Best of all, students need not have to read the same selection. Rather, the
________________________________________is the topic
.picture
teacher's lesson
common element
technology used
The cat deftly leaped over the wall between the two yards. - Answer✔The denotation of a word
is its precise meaning. Which is an example of denotation?
The unspoken words were a wall between us.
The cat deftly leaped over the wall between the two yards.
She put up a wall of indifference while the criticisms rained down on her head.
The wildly wavering wall wiggled in the wind.
3|Page
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Always provide a vocabular list - Answer✔Mature writers often draw from several content areas
regardless of the mode in which they write. The same will be true for much of the writing that
students are asked to do. It is important for you, as the teacher, to use effective writing questions
and prompts. Which of the following would NOT be considered an effective writing question
and/or prompt?
ask students to use prior knowledge and new content knowledge
suggest or specify an audience of readers, real or imaginary
encourage creativity
always provide a vocabulary list
Students focus on meaning in reading and meaning in writing. They are immersed in many
language experiences. - Answer✔Which of the following is an example of whole language
instruction?
Students analyze text to find patterns and syntactic clues
Students learn individual letter sounds, then combinations of letter sounds and the rules for
putting these sounds together to make words.
Students focus on meaning in reading and meaning in writing. They are immersed in many
language experiences.
Students memorize lists of high-frequency words in order to increase fluency.
Historical Fiction - Answer✔Gore Vidal's "Lincoln" makes use of which of the following literary
elements?
Frame tale
Historical fiction
Horror
Legend
4|Page
