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Praxis II Elementary Education 5001
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Assonance Correct Answer: Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
Meter Correct Answer: A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
that creates a rhythm when spoken
Iambic meter Correct Answer: An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
syllable
Blank verse Correct Answer: unrhymed verse that consists of lines of iambic
pentameter
Free verse Correct Answer: Lacks regular patterns of poetic feet, but has more
controlled rhythm than prose in terms of pace and pauses.
Phonological awareness Correct Answer: A sub-skill of literacy; the ability to
perceive sound structures in spoken word, such as syllables and the individual
phonemes within syllables.
Phonemes Correct Answer: The sounds represented by the letters in the
alphabet
Teaching phonological awareness Correct Answer: Language play; an
exposure to a variety of sounds and contexts of sounds
Alphabetic principle Correct Answer: The use of letters and combinations of
letters to represent speech sounds
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Developing language skills Correct Answer: - Interacting with others
- Experiencing language in daily life
- Understanding that speaking and listening are necessary for effective
communication.
Know, Wonder, Learn Correct Answer: What KWL stands for
Decoding Correct Answer: Method used to make sense of printed words and
figure out how to correctly pronounce them.
Student must know the relationships between letters and sounds, including:
- letter patterns
- words are constructed from phonemes
- printed word represents a word that can be spoken.
Phonics Correct Answer: Process of learning to read by learning how spoken
language is represented by letters
Whole language approach Correct Answer: Method of teaching children to
read by recognizing words as whole pieces of language; believes that
language should not be broken down into letters and combinations of letters
and "decoded."
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Fluency Correct Answer: The goal of literacy development; the ability to read
and write accurately and quickly
Affixes Correct Answer: Syllables attached to the beginning or end of a word to
make a derivative or inflectional form of a word.
Noun suffixes Correct Answer: Type of suffix. Two types:
- Denotes the act of, state of, or quality of. (argument)
- Denotes the doer, or one who does (auctioneer)
Verb suffixes Correct Answer: Type of suffix. Denote "to make" or "two perform
the act of" (soften)
Adjectival suffixes Correct Answer: Type of suffix. Include suffixes such as "ful"
which means "full of." Ish, less, able.
Literal comprehension Correct Answer: The skills a reader uses to deal with the
actual words in a text. Involves skills such as identifying the topic sentence, main
idea, important facts, and supporting details; using context clues to determine
the meaning of a word; and sequencing events.
Critical comprehension Correct Answer: Involves the prior knowledge and an
understanding that written material, especially in nonfiction, is the author's
version and not necessarily anyone else's. Involves analysis of meaning,
evaluation, validation, questioning, and the reasoning skills a reader uses to
recognize inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, POV, themes, etc.
Metacognitive Skills Correct Answer: Awareness , Planning, Self-monitoring and
reflection
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Praxis II Elementary Education 5001
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Assonance Correct Answer: Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
Meter Correct Answer: A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
that creates a rhythm when spoken
Iambic meter Correct Answer: An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
syllable
Blank verse Correct Answer: unrhymed verse that consists of lines of iambic
pentameter
Free verse Correct Answer: Lacks regular patterns of poetic feet, but has more
controlled rhythm than prose in terms of pace and pauses.
Phonological awareness Correct Answer: A sub-skill of literacy; the ability to
perceive sound structures in spoken word, such as syllables and the individual
phonemes within syllables.
Phonemes Correct Answer: The sounds represented by the letters in the
alphabet
Teaching phonological awareness Correct Answer: Language play; an
exposure to a variety of sounds and contexts of sounds
Alphabetic principle Correct Answer: The use of letters and combinations of
letters to represent speech sounds
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
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Developing language skills Correct Answer: - Interacting with others
- Experiencing language in daily life
- Understanding that speaking and listening are necessary for effective
communication.
Know, Wonder, Learn Correct Answer: What KWL stands for
Decoding Correct Answer: Method used to make sense of printed words and
figure out how to correctly pronounce them.
Student must know the relationships between letters and sounds, including:
- letter patterns
- words are constructed from phonemes
- printed word represents a word that can be spoken.
Phonics Correct Answer: Process of learning to read by learning how spoken
language is represented by letters
Whole language approach Correct Answer: Method of teaching children to
read by recognizing words as whole pieces of language; believes that
language should not be broken down into letters and combinations of letters
and "decoded."
:
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Fluency Correct Answer: The goal of literacy development; the ability to read
and write accurately and quickly
Affixes Correct Answer: Syllables attached to the beginning or end of a word to
make a derivative or inflectional form of a word.
Noun suffixes Correct Answer: Type of suffix. Two types:
- Denotes the act of, state of, or quality of. (argument)
- Denotes the doer, or one who does (auctioneer)
Verb suffixes Correct Answer: Type of suffix. Denote "to make" or "two perform
the act of" (soften)
Adjectival suffixes Correct Answer: Type of suffix. Include suffixes such as "ful"
which means "full of." Ish, less, able.
Literal comprehension Correct Answer: The skills a reader uses to deal with the
actual words in a text. Involves skills such as identifying the topic sentence, main
idea, important facts, and supporting details; using context clues to determine
the meaning of a word; and sequencing events.
Critical comprehension Correct Answer: Involves the prior knowledge and an
understanding that written material, especially in nonfiction, is the author's
version and not necessarily anyone else's. Involves analysis of meaning,
evaluation, validation, questioning, and the reasoning skills a reader uses to
recognize inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, POV, themes, etc.
Metacognitive Skills Correct Answer: Awareness , Planning, Self-monitoring and
reflection
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