FTCE Middle Grades English 5-9 Questions And Correct Answers

FTCE Middle Grades English 5-9
Questions And Correct Answers

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ventsicinictheicplot.

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cthisicaicthousandictimes.ic*Loveicstory,iccomicicstories.


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anicinanimateicobjecticoricabstracticentity.ic*Theicrunicdownichouseicappearedicdepressed.

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icCORRECTicANS✔✔Comparesiconeicobjectictoicanother.ic*Heicsmokesiclikeicaicchimney.ic

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Toneic-
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thaticareicparticularlyicimportanticforicpoetryicareicsimileicandicmetaphor)

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icideaicthatictriggersicouricimaginativeicere-

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omethingicheard),ictactileic(felt),icolfactoryic(smell),icoricgustatoryic(somethingictasted.)ic*icLa
nguageicthaticappealsictoictheicsenses.

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icCORRECTicANS✔✔Theicrepetitionicoficidenticalicoricsimilaricconcludingicsyllablesicinicdiffe

renticwords,icmosticoftenicatictheicendsicoficlines.

Stanzaic-
icCORRECTicANS✔✔groupingicoficlines,icseticofficbyicaicspace,icwhichicusuallyichasicaicsetic

patternicoficmetericandicrhyme.

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icCORRECTicANS✔✔Isictheicrepetitionicoficidenticalicoricsimilaricconcludingicsyllablesicinicdi

fferenticwords,icmosticoftenicatictheicendsicoficlines.icRhymeicisicpredominatelyicaicfunctionico
ficsoundicrathericthanicspelling;icthusicwordsicthaticendicwithictheyicsameicvowelicsound.ic*da
y,icprey,icbouquet,icweigh.ic(Poetsicrelyicheavilyiconicrhythmictoicexpressicmeaningicandiccon
veyicfeeling.)

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eyicareicusedicinicdevelopingiccharactersicandicsometimesiciniccomicalicandicfarcicalicways.

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atedicatictheicbeginningicoficsuccessiveiclinesicoficverseicinicrhetoric.

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icCORRECTicANS✔✔Occursicwhenicaicstateicofictensionicinicaicliteraryicworkicreachesicitsicp

,eak,icusuallyicwithicaicresolutionicoficsomeickind.ic(increasingiclevelicofictension,icusuallyicbet
weenictheicprotagonisticandicantagonist.)

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icCORRECTicANS✔✔theicstudyicoficspeechicdifferencesicfromiconeicgeographicalicareaictoic

another.

Dialecticmixtureic-
icCORRECTicANS✔✔theicpresenceiciniconeicformicoficspeechicwithicelementsicfromicdiffere

nticneighboringicdialects.

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quial,icandicslang.icUsedictoicseticaictoneicforictheicworkicmeantictoicinduceicaicmoodicinictheica
udience.

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icCORRECTicANS✔✔anyiccoherenticsuccessionicoficsentences,icspokenicoricwritten.icThusi

caicnovel,icshorticstory,icessay,icspeechicoricinterview.


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opicaicdramaticicmood,icoricevokeicaicmood.icCanicalsoicreferictoicaicperiodicoficliteraryichistory
icorictoicanicindividualicwriter.



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Electronicicdocumentsicwilliccontinueictoicgrow.

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7.icProofreadicaftericusingicspelliccheckicandicgrammariccheck.

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edicandicpresentedicbyictheicwritericasicanicinterrelatedicsequence.

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3.icIncitingicForce/triggers

, 4.icConflict
5.icRisingicAction
6.icCrisis
7.icClimax
8.icFallingicaction
9.icResolution

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ne,icpresentsictheiccharacters,icandicpresentsicothericfactsicnecessaryictoicunderstandingicth
eicstory.

IncitingicForce/triggersic-
icCORRECTicANS✔✔Theiceventicoficcharactericthatictriggersictheicconflict.



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emicasic(Manicversus...Man,icNature,icSocietyicoricSelf.)

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heicincitingicforceicandicendsicwithictheicclimax.

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singicforcesicinictheicstoryicmeeticandictheicconflicticbecomesicmosticintense.icTheiccrisisicocc
ursicbeforeicoricatictheicsameictimeicasictheicclimax.

FallingicActionic-
icCORRECTicANS✔✔Theiceventsicafterictheicclimaxicwhichiccloseictheicstory.



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WritingicProcessic-icCORRECTicANS✔✔1.icPre-Writing
2.icDrafting
3.icRevising
4.icEditing
5.icProoficreading
6.icPublishing

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