WGU D677 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ phonological processing.
Answer: the use of sounds of a language to process verbal information in
oral or written form
◍ What is morphology.
Answer: is the study of the structure and formation of words in a language,
including how words are built from smaller units called morphemes.
◍ argumentative/persuasive/opinion writing.
Answer: To convince someone on a topic or subject (speeches, essays)
◍ Analyzing English.
Answer: break apart from top to bottom
◍ Meta cognition.
Answer: Think about how you learn and understand things. When you read,
consider which strategies help you and which don't, so you can become a
better reader.
◍ Synthetic Phonics.
Answer: (part to whole approach) In this systematic and explicit approach,
students learn to transform letters and letter combinations into sounds and
then the sounds together to form recognizable words.
◍ What is syntax?.
Answer: The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed
sentences in a language.
◍ What is metal lexicon.
, Answer: a storehouse of words with a deep understanding of (including
definition, role, pronunciation) housed in the language section of the brain.
◍ Syntactic Processing.
Answer: The order and arrangement of words in phrases and sentences
◍ What is narrative writing and examples.
Answer: tells a story with themes, plot, and characters (fiction)
◍ What is Scarborough's reading rope.
Answer: an illustration of the simple view of reading broken down into the
different areas of skill needed to be developed to become a skilled reader.
◍ What is print awareness?.
Answer: the understanding that print has meaning and is organized in a
particular way, understanding that we read from left to right/ top to bottom.
It is knowing that words are made up of letters and have spaces in between
them. It is also called print concepts or concepts of print.
◍ What is a key component of structured literacy instruction?.
Answer: Integrating explicit, systematic teaching of decoding and encoding
skills.
◍ What are the sounds in the word?.
Answer: Phonology
◍ What is orthography?.
Answer: is the set of conventions and rules governing the correct spelling,
writing, and usage of symbols in a language.
◍ semantic processing.
Answer: processing a word by its meaning
◍ The Possum approach.
Answer: Phonology, orthography, syntax, semantics, and morphology
◍ Analytic Phonics.
Answer: whole word approach, instruction begins with the identification of a
familiar word. The teacher then introduces a particular sound/spelling
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ phonological processing.
Answer: the use of sounds of a language to process verbal information in
oral or written form
◍ What is morphology.
Answer: is the study of the structure and formation of words in a language,
including how words are built from smaller units called morphemes.
◍ argumentative/persuasive/opinion writing.
Answer: To convince someone on a topic or subject (speeches, essays)
◍ Analyzing English.
Answer: break apart from top to bottom
◍ Meta cognition.
Answer: Think about how you learn and understand things. When you read,
consider which strategies help you and which don't, so you can become a
better reader.
◍ Synthetic Phonics.
Answer: (part to whole approach) In this systematic and explicit approach,
students learn to transform letters and letter combinations into sounds and
then the sounds together to form recognizable words.
◍ What is syntax?.
Answer: The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed
sentences in a language.
◍ What is metal lexicon.
, Answer: a storehouse of words with a deep understanding of (including
definition, role, pronunciation) housed in the language section of the brain.
◍ Syntactic Processing.
Answer: The order and arrangement of words in phrases and sentences
◍ What is narrative writing and examples.
Answer: tells a story with themes, plot, and characters (fiction)
◍ What is Scarborough's reading rope.
Answer: an illustration of the simple view of reading broken down into the
different areas of skill needed to be developed to become a skilled reader.
◍ What is print awareness?.
Answer: the understanding that print has meaning and is organized in a
particular way, understanding that we read from left to right/ top to bottom.
It is knowing that words are made up of letters and have spaces in between
them. It is also called print concepts or concepts of print.
◍ What is a key component of structured literacy instruction?.
Answer: Integrating explicit, systematic teaching of decoding and encoding
skills.
◍ What are the sounds in the word?.
Answer: Phonology
◍ What is orthography?.
Answer: is the set of conventions and rules governing the correct spelling,
writing, and usage of symbols in a language.
◍ semantic processing.
Answer: processing a word by its meaning
◍ The Possum approach.
Answer: Phonology, orthography, syntax, semantics, and morphology
◍ Analytic Phonics.
Answer: whole word approach, instruction begins with the identification of a
familiar word. The teacher then introduces a particular sound/spelling
