Elementary education content Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
the alphabetic principle - Answer -idea that words are made up of letters that
approximate the sounds heard when we speak these words
syllabication - Answer -process of forming and dividing words into syllables
telegraphic speech - Answer -two word stage of language acquisition
phonemic awareness and understanding of letters - Answer -best predictor of a
child's success in learning to read
Orthographic phase - Answer -Phase of literacy development when a student
begins to recognize text in larger units, develop broader word recognition, and
utilize decoding skills with fluency
internal rhyme - Answer -rhyme which occurs within a single line of verse
alliteration - Answer -repetition of a particular sound in prominent lifts (or stressed
syllables) of a series of words or phrases
Affect - Answer -verb meaning to cause something to happen
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, effect - Answer -noun. result of a thing which happened
Four key elements to good listening - Answer -understanding what is said,
evaluating what is said, making a response, and one more thing are the four key
elements of what? or attention, hearing, understanding and remembering
modifier - Answer -a word or phrase which modifies or changes the meaning of
another
Jargon - Answer -terminology specific to an occupation or hobby
exposition - Answer -fiction genre which gives background information. usually
just a portion which proceeds a story
epic - Answer -fiction, long narrative with great scope
prose - Answer -fiction genre with ordinary (not poetic) language
fable - Answer -fiction which has a moral and teaches a lesson
allegory - Answer -figures and actions are symbols of general truth. Story has
deeper meaning in addition to its surface meaning
iambic pentameter - Answer -second syllable is stressed/ five stresses per line
onomatopoeia - Answer -words that sound like what they mean
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Questions and Answers
the alphabetic principle - Answer -idea that words are made up of letters that
approximate the sounds heard when we speak these words
syllabication - Answer -process of forming and dividing words into syllables
telegraphic speech - Answer -two word stage of language acquisition
phonemic awareness and understanding of letters - Answer -best predictor of a
child's success in learning to read
Orthographic phase - Answer -Phase of literacy development when a student
begins to recognize text in larger units, develop broader word recognition, and
utilize decoding skills with fluency
internal rhyme - Answer -rhyme which occurs within a single line of verse
alliteration - Answer -repetition of a particular sound in prominent lifts (or stressed
syllables) of a series of words or phrases
Affect - Answer -verb meaning to cause something to happen
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, effect - Answer -noun. result of a thing which happened
Four key elements to good listening - Answer -understanding what is said,
evaluating what is said, making a response, and one more thing are the four key
elements of what? or attention, hearing, understanding and remembering
modifier - Answer -a word or phrase which modifies or changes the meaning of
another
Jargon - Answer -terminology specific to an occupation or hobby
exposition - Answer -fiction genre which gives background information. usually
just a portion which proceeds a story
epic - Answer -fiction, long narrative with great scope
prose - Answer -fiction genre with ordinary (not poetic) language
fable - Answer -fiction which has a moral and teaches a lesson
allegory - Answer -figures and actions are symbols of general truth. Story has
deeper meaning in addition to its surface meaning
iambic pentameter - Answer -second syllable is stressed/ five stresses per line
onomatopoeia - Answer -words that sound like what they mean
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