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TExES CORE Subjects EC-6 (391): English
Language Arts and Reading Questions and
Correct Answers
Prefix Ans: A letter or letters at the beginning of a root word that
changes its meaning
re, de, un
Semantics Ans: The study of word or symbol meaning
"love" which has many different meanings in English
Literal vs figurative meaning of "Raining cats and dogs"
Free Morpheme / Unbound Morpheme Ans: type of morpheme
that can stand alone or can appear with other morphemes in a
lexeme
Simple words (i.e. words made up of one free morpheme, such as
the, run, on, etc.) and compound words (i.e. words made up of two
free morphemes, such as keyboard, greenhouse, etc.) are free
morphemes.
Punctuation Ans: marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses,
used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to
clarify meaning.
period
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Phonics / Graphophonemic Principle Ans: Using the relationship
between symbols (letters and words) and sounds of a language to
read and write
Countable Nouns Ans: nouns that have a quantity that can be
determined using numbers
potatoes, clients, buildings
Determiner Ans: words that provide information about nouns;
vital for forming meaningful statements or questions
a, an, the, this, that, my, your, some, many
Decoding Ans: In reading out loud, being able to sound out words
by breaking them into simple forms. In reading for
comprehension, the understanding of how to read each letter or
letter pattern in a word to determine the word's meaning
Thesaurus (Digital) Ans: an online thesaurus
thesarus.com
Dictionary (Print) Ans: use when you need to define a word
Oxford English Dictionary
Antonyms Ans: words with the opposite meanings
hot/cold; and big/little
Open Syllable Ans: Syllable that ends in a vowel; the vowel has its
long sound
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vacant, brutal, agent
R-Controlled Syllable Ans: Syllable that contains a vowel followed
by the letter r; the r controls the vowel and changes the way the
vowel is pronounced
car, guitar, mother, and manor
Sight Word Ans: word that cannot be decoded because it doesn't
follow standard phonics rules and must be recognized by sight
of, was, the, would
Letter-Sound Correspondence Ans: knowing what sound(s) each
letter makes
the letter "f" makes the first sound in the word "foot"
Suffix Ans: A letter or letters at the end of a root word that
changes its meaning
s, es, ed, ing, ly, er, or, ion, tion, able, and ible
Phoneme Blending Ans: the ability to blend two sounds to make a
word
Blend together these sounds to make a word: /b/ /a/ /t/ to form
bat.
Uncountable Noun Ans: nouns that do not have a quantity that can
be determined using numbers
water, love, safety
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Glossary Ans: a list of important words to know along with their
meanings
Hyponyms Ans: words that fall under a more general term
Hyponyms for clothes are sweater, pants, shirt, etc.
Connotation Ans: the implied meaning of a word; the feeling a
word conveys
Describing a person as "shrewd" may make them feel negatively,
even though the definition (sharp-witted, intelligent) is positive.
Vowel-Consonant-E Syllable Ans: The vowel-consonant-e syllable
has a silent "e" and makes the vowel before it long; this syllable is
usually found at the end of a word
name, mice, cake, compete
Final Stable Syllable Ans: A consonant + -le syllable occurs at the
end of a word. If the consonant + -le syllable is found next to an
open syllable, then the vowel in the open syllable stays long. If the
consonant + -le is next to a closed syllable, the vowel in the closed
syllable stays short.
bugle, candle, bubble, circle, and trample
Bound Morpheme Ans: type of morpheme that can appear only as
part of a larger word
Prefixes such as pre-, dis-, in-, un-, and suffixes such as -ful, -ment,
-ly, -ise are bound morphemes.
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TExES CORE Subjects EC-6 (391): English
Language Arts and Reading Questions and
Correct Answers
Prefix Ans: A letter or letters at the beginning of a root word that
changes its meaning
re, de, un
Semantics Ans: The study of word or symbol meaning
"love" which has many different meanings in English
Literal vs figurative meaning of "Raining cats and dogs"
Free Morpheme / Unbound Morpheme Ans: type of morpheme
that can stand alone or can appear with other morphemes in a
lexeme
Simple words (i.e. words made up of one free morpheme, such as
the, run, on, etc.) and compound words (i.e. words made up of two
free morphemes, such as keyboard, greenhouse, etc.) are free
morphemes.
Punctuation Ans: marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses,
used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to
clarify meaning.
period
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Phonics / Graphophonemic Principle Ans: Using the relationship
between symbols (letters and words) and sounds of a language to
read and write
Countable Nouns Ans: nouns that have a quantity that can be
determined using numbers
potatoes, clients, buildings
Determiner Ans: words that provide information about nouns;
vital for forming meaningful statements or questions
a, an, the, this, that, my, your, some, many
Decoding Ans: In reading out loud, being able to sound out words
by breaking them into simple forms. In reading for
comprehension, the understanding of how to read each letter or
letter pattern in a word to determine the word's meaning
Thesaurus (Digital) Ans: an online thesaurus
thesarus.com
Dictionary (Print) Ans: use when you need to define a word
Oxford English Dictionary
Antonyms Ans: words with the opposite meanings
hot/cold; and big/little
Open Syllable Ans: Syllable that ends in a vowel; the vowel has its
long sound
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vacant, brutal, agent
R-Controlled Syllable Ans: Syllable that contains a vowel followed
by the letter r; the r controls the vowel and changes the way the
vowel is pronounced
car, guitar, mother, and manor
Sight Word Ans: word that cannot be decoded because it doesn't
follow standard phonics rules and must be recognized by sight
of, was, the, would
Letter-Sound Correspondence Ans: knowing what sound(s) each
letter makes
the letter "f" makes the first sound in the word "foot"
Suffix Ans: A letter or letters at the end of a root word that
changes its meaning
s, es, ed, ing, ly, er, or, ion, tion, able, and ible
Phoneme Blending Ans: the ability to blend two sounds to make a
word
Blend together these sounds to make a word: /b/ /a/ /t/ to form
bat.
Uncountable Noun Ans: nouns that do not have a quantity that can
be determined using numbers
water, love, safety
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Glossary Ans: a list of important words to know along with their
meanings
Hyponyms Ans: words that fall under a more general term
Hyponyms for clothes are sweater, pants, shirt, etc.
Connotation Ans: the implied meaning of a word; the feeling a
word conveys
Describing a person as "shrewd" may make them feel negatively,
even though the definition (sharp-witted, intelligent) is positive.
Vowel-Consonant-E Syllable Ans: The vowel-consonant-e syllable
has a silent "e" and makes the vowel before it long; this syllable is
usually found at the end of a word
name, mice, cake, compete
Final Stable Syllable Ans: A consonant + -le syllable occurs at the
end of a word. If the consonant + -le syllable is found next to an
open syllable, then the vowel in the open syllable stays long. If the
consonant + -le is next to a closed syllable, the vowel in the closed
syllable stays short.
bugle, candle, bubble, circle, and trample
Bound Morpheme Ans: type of morpheme that can appear only as
part of a larger word
Prefixes such as pre-, dis-, in-, un-, and suffixes such as -ful, -ment,
-ly, -ise are bound morphemes.
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