NES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
phonological awareness - the ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of spoken
language
Phonological Awareness Skills - -rhyming and syllabification
-blending sounds into words - pic-tur-bo-k
-onset/rhime
-segmenting
-recognizing smaller words in the big word
Phonemic Awareness - The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds,
phonemes, in oral language.
Elkonin Boxes - a strategy for segmenting sounds in a word that involves drawing a box to
represent each sound in a word.
Vocabulary Development - the key foundation for further development in all four language
skills- listening, speaking, writing, and reading.
Semantic Maps (word maps, semantic webs) - Target word in center, supporting information in
outside bubbles
semantic relationships - associations that exist between the meanings of words, phrases,
sentences. Examples: synonyms and antonyms.
homonym - a word spelled exactly like another word, but having a different meaning
, homograph - a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning
homophone - a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word
alliteration - Repetition of initial consonant sounds. Example: Clary closed her cluttered clothes
closet.
hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example: I'm so
hungry, I could eat a horse.
Personification - A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings,
thoughts, or attitudes. Example: The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture.
Onomatopoeia - A word that imitates the sound it represents. Example: Bang, buzz, clatter
oxymoron - A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Example: Deafening silence
symbolism - A device in literature where an object represents an idea. Example: Red roses
symbolize love.
Idiom - A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
Example: Raining cats and dogs.
irony - A contrast between expectation and reality
analogy - A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
CORRECT ANSWERS
phonological awareness - the ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of spoken
language
Phonological Awareness Skills - -rhyming and syllabification
-blending sounds into words - pic-tur-bo-k
-onset/rhime
-segmenting
-recognizing smaller words in the big word
Phonemic Awareness - The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds,
phonemes, in oral language.
Elkonin Boxes - a strategy for segmenting sounds in a word that involves drawing a box to
represent each sound in a word.
Vocabulary Development - the key foundation for further development in all four language
skills- listening, speaking, writing, and reading.
Semantic Maps (word maps, semantic webs) - Target word in center, supporting information in
outside bubbles
semantic relationships - associations that exist between the meanings of words, phrases,
sentences. Examples: synonyms and antonyms.
homonym - a word spelled exactly like another word, but having a different meaning
, homograph - a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning
homophone - a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word
alliteration - Repetition of initial consonant sounds. Example: Clary closed her cluttered clothes
closet.
hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example: I'm so
hungry, I could eat a horse.
Personification - A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings,
thoughts, or attitudes. Example: The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture.
Onomatopoeia - A word that imitates the sound it represents. Example: Bang, buzz, clatter
oxymoron - A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Example: Deafening silence
symbolism - A device in literature where an object represents an idea. Example: Red roses
symbolize love.
Idiom - A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
Example: Raining cats and dogs.
irony - A contrast between expectation and reality
analogy - A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
