FTCE NAVAED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM LATEST ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS| VERIFIED
ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER-A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of words
closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds of letters, rather
than the spelling of words.
Allusion - CORRECT ANSWER-A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do that
because I'm not superman.
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER-A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another meaning
(Biblical stories)
Foreshadowing - CORRECT ANSWER-Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate
future events in the plot.
Hyperbole - CORRECT ANSWER-An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses extreme
exaggeration for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand times. *Love story, comic stories.
Metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER-Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The eyes are
the windows of the soul.
Onomotopeia - CORRECT ANSWER-Words that imitate the sound they describe. *Plunk, Whiz,
Pop
Oxymoron - CORRECT ANSWER-A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
,Personification - CORRECT ANSWER-Another figure of speech which attributes "Human
Qualities" to an inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down house appeared depressed.
Simile - CORRECT ANSWER-Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a chimney. *Pretty
as a picture. *Light as a feather.
Tone - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject through the
author.
Email/Electronic communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Very common among people and business
for communication. Electronic documents will continue to grow.
Effective way of writing an email. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. The subject should be meaningful and
concise. Clear to the reader.
2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
Plot - CORRECT ANSWER-the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and
presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Elements of Literature - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
4. Conflict
,5. Rising Action
6. Crisis
7. Climax
8. Falling action
9. Resolution
Exposition - CORRECT ANSWER-The introductory material which give the setting, creates the
tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
Inciting Force/triggers - CORRECT ANSWER-The event of character that triggers the conflict.
Conflict - CORRECT ANSWER-The essence of fiction. It creates plot. We usually encounter them
as (Man versus...Man, Nature, Society or Self.)
Rising Action - CORRECT ANSWER-A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with
the inciting force and ends with the climax.
Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER-The conflict reaches and a turning point. A this point the opposing
forces in the story meet and the conflict becomes most intense. The crisis occurs before or at
the same time as the climax.
Figurative languange - CORRECT ANSWER-A form of language use in which the writers and
speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their words. (Two figures of speech
that are particularly important for poetry are simile and metaphor)
Imagery - CORRECT ANSWER-Is the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling or
idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory experience. *Images may be visual
(something seen) Aural (something heard), tactile (felt), olfactory (smell), or gustatory
(something tasted.) * Language that appeals to the senses.
, Rhyme - CORRECT ANSWER-The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different
words, most often at the ends of lines.
Stanza - CORRECT ANSWER-grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a set pattern
of meter and rhyme.
Rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER-Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in
different words, most often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is predominately a function of sound
rather than spelling; thus words that end with they same vowel sound. *day, prey, bouquet,
weigh. (Poets rely heavily on rhythm to express meaning and convey feeling.)
Cliches - CORRECT ANSWER-Saying or dialogue much overworked in common language. They
are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways.
Anaphora - CORRECT ANSWER-refers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are
repeated at the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
Climax - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches its peak,
usually with a resolution of some kind. (increasing level of tension, usually between the
protagonist and antagonist.)
Dialect geography - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of speech differences from one geographical
area to another.
Dialect mixture - CORRECT ANSWER-the presence in one form of speech with elements from
different neighboring dialects.
Dictation - CORRECT ANSWER-the choice of language in a literary work. May be formal,
colloquial, and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to induce a mood in the audience.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS| VERIFIED
ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER-A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of words
closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds of letters, rather
than the spelling of words.
Allusion - CORRECT ANSWER-A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do that
because I'm not superman.
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER-A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another meaning
(Biblical stories)
Foreshadowing - CORRECT ANSWER-Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate
future events in the plot.
Hyperbole - CORRECT ANSWER-An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses extreme
exaggeration for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand times. *Love story, comic stories.
Metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER-Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The eyes are
the windows of the soul.
Onomotopeia - CORRECT ANSWER-Words that imitate the sound they describe. *Plunk, Whiz,
Pop
Oxymoron - CORRECT ANSWER-A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
,Personification - CORRECT ANSWER-Another figure of speech which attributes "Human
Qualities" to an inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down house appeared depressed.
Simile - CORRECT ANSWER-Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a chimney. *Pretty
as a picture. *Light as a feather.
Tone - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject through the
author.
Email/Electronic communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Very common among people and business
for communication. Electronic documents will continue to grow.
Effective way of writing an email. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. The subject should be meaningful and
concise. Clear to the reader.
2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
Plot - CORRECT ANSWER-the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and
presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Elements of Literature - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
4. Conflict
,5. Rising Action
6. Crisis
7. Climax
8. Falling action
9. Resolution
Exposition - CORRECT ANSWER-The introductory material which give the setting, creates the
tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
Inciting Force/triggers - CORRECT ANSWER-The event of character that triggers the conflict.
Conflict - CORRECT ANSWER-The essence of fiction. It creates plot. We usually encounter them
as (Man versus...Man, Nature, Society or Self.)
Rising Action - CORRECT ANSWER-A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with
the inciting force and ends with the climax.
Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER-The conflict reaches and a turning point. A this point the opposing
forces in the story meet and the conflict becomes most intense. The crisis occurs before or at
the same time as the climax.
Figurative languange - CORRECT ANSWER-A form of language use in which the writers and
speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their words. (Two figures of speech
that are particularly important for poetry are simile and metaphor)
Imagery - CORRECT ANSWER-Is the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling or
idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory experience. *Images may be visual
(something seen) Aural (something heard), tactile (felt), olfactory (smell), or gustatory
(something tasted.) * Language that appeals to the senses.
, Rhyme - CORRECT ANSWER-The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different
words, most often at the ends of lines.
Stanza - CORRECT ANSWER-grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a set pattern
of meter and rhyme.
Rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER-Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in
different words, most often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is predominately a function of sound
rather than spelling; thus words that end with they same vowel sound. *day, prey, bouquet,
weigh. (Poets rely heavily on rhythm to express meaning and convey feeling.)
Cliches - CORRECT ANSWER-Saying or dialogue much overworked in common language. They
are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways.
Anaphora - CORRECT ANSWER-refers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are
repeated at the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
Climax - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches its peak,
usually with a resolution of some kind. (increasing level of tension, usually between the
protagonist and antagonist.)
Dialect geography - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of speech differences from one geographical
area to another.
Dialect mixture - CORRECT ANSWER-the presence in one form of speech with elements from
different neighboring dialects.
Dictation - CORRECT ANSWER-the choice of language in a literary work. May be formal,
colloquial, and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to induce a mood in the audience.
