ICLA COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● comprehension. Answer: an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something
(or the knowledge acquired as a result)
● comprehension strategies. Answer: specific techniques that promote reading
comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context
● context. Answer: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its
interpretation; the social or cultural situation situation in which a spoken or written message
occurs
● schema. Answer: an internal representation of the world; how the mind categorizes
incoming stimuli
● schemata. Answer: plural of schema; more than one cognitive structure stored in memory
● metacognition. Answer: awareness and knowledge of one's mental processes such that
one can monitor, regulate, and direct them to a desired end; thinking about one's thinking
● brainstorming. Answer: coming up with as many solutions to a problem as possible in a
short period of time with no censoring of ideas
● readability. Answer: the ease with which words, phrases or blocks of text can be read
● connotative meaning. Answer: the meaning suggested by the associations or emotions
triggered by a word or phrase; affective meaning;emotive meaning
● denotative meaning. Answer: the literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase;
referential meaning; cognitive meaning
● figurative language. Answer: Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by
setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and
personification.
● expository text. Answer: text written to explain and convey information, informational
writing
, ● nonfiction. Answer: a type of literature that tells about real-life people, places, events,
things, etc.
● discussion web. Answer: uses a think-pair-share discussion cycle in paired, small-group,
and large-group situations; all students are encourage to examine multiple points of view.
Provides students with a graphic aid to help them clarify their thinking by eliminating
inconsistencies and contradictions in their thought processes (Elliott, 2000).
● semantic feature analysis. Answer: technique that can help children understand the
uniqueness of a word as well as its relationship to other words
● previewing text. Answer: Using strategies to set a purpose for reading through questions,
picture walks, and anticipating what you will read.
● narrative text structure. Answer: usually stated as sequential string of details about
characters, their problems, solutions that require a central theme.
● fiction narrative. Answer: imaginary stories with made up people, places and events
● story grammar. Answer: the components in a story and how they function; the structure or
key elements of a story, including: the characters, the problem, the attempts to solve the
problem, the results of the attempts, and the conclusion
● main idea. Answer: the gist of a passage, central thought, or chief topic of a passage
expressed or implied in a word or phrase
● summarize. Answer: To capture all the most important parts of the original story, but
express them in a much shorter space, and in the readers own words.
● story retell. Answer: Recounting in your own words a story or article that has just been
read.
● anticipation guide. Answer: A pre-reading strategy designed to activate students'
knowledge about a topic and provided purpose for reading. Students react to
teacher-prepared statements designed to focus their attention on the topic to be learned.
● antonym. Answer: a word opposite in meaning to another word
● Basal Reader. Answer: a collection of student texts and workbooks, teacher's manuals,
and supplemental materials for developmental reading and sometimes writing instruction,
used chiefly in the elementary and middle school grades
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● comprehension. Answer: an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something
(or the knowledge acquired as a result)
● comprehension strategies. Answer: specific techniques that promote reading
comprehension such as predicting and gaining word meanings from context
● context. Answer: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its
interpretation; the social or cultural situation situation in which a spoken or written message
occurs
● schema. Answer: an internal representation of the world; how the mind categorizes
incoming stimuli
● schemata. Answer: plural of schema; more than one cognitive structure stored in memory
● metacognition. Answer: awareness and knowledge of one's mental processes such that
one can monitor, regulate, and direct them to a desired end; thinking about one's thinking
● brainstorming. Answer: coming up with as many solutions to a problem as possible in a
short period of time with no censoring of ideas
● readability. Answer: the ease with which words, phrases or blocks of text can be read
● connotative meaning. Answer: the meaning suggested by the associations or emotions
triggered by a word or phrase; affective meaning;emotive meaning
● denotative meaning. Answer: the literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase;
referential meaning; cognitive meaning
● figurative language. Answer: Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by
setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and
personification.
● expository text. Answer: text written to explain and convey information, informational
writing
, ● nonfiction. Answer: a type of literature that tells about real-life people, places, events,
things, etc.
● discussion web. Answer: uses a think-pair-share discussion cycle in paired, small-group,
and large-group situations; all students are encourage to examine multiple points of view.
Provides students with a graphic aid to help them clarify their thinking by eliminating
inconsistencies and contradictions in their thought processes (Elliott, 2000).
● semantic feature analysis. Answer: technique that can help children understand the
uniqueness of a word as well as its relationship to other words
● previewing text. Answer: Using strategies to set a purpose for reading through questions,
picture walks, and anticipating what you will read.
● narrative text structure. Answer: usually stated as sequential string of details about
characters, their problems, solutions that require a central theme.
● fiction narrative. Answer: imaginary stories with made up people, places and events
● story grammar. Answer: the components in a story and how they function; the structure or
key elements of a story, including: the characters, the problem, the attempts to solve the
problem, the results of the attempts, and the conclusion
● main idea. Answer: the gist of a passage, central thought, or chief topic of a passage
expressed or implied in a word or phrase
● summarize. Answer: To capture all the most important parts of the original story, but
express them in a much shorter space, and in the readers own words.
● story retell. Answer: Recounting in your own words a story or article that has just been
read.
● anticipation guide. Answer: A pre-reading strategy designed to activate students'
knowledge about a topic and provided purpose for reading. Students react to
teacher-prepared statements designed to focus their attention on the topic to be learned.
● antonym. Answer: a word opposite in meaning to another word
● Basal Reader. Answer: a collection of student texts and workbooks, teacher's manuals,
and supplemental materials for developmental reading and sometimes writing instruction,
used chiefly in the elementary and middle school grades
