Praxis II Elementary Education 5001 Questions With 100% Correct Answers!!

Assonance - Answer-Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds Meter - Answer-A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a rhythm when spoken Iambic meter - Answer-An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable Blank verse - Answer-unrhymed verse that consists of lines of iambic pentameter Free verse - Answer-Lacks regular patterns of poetic feet, but has more controlled rhythm than prose in terms of pace and pauses. Phonological awareness - 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 - Answer-The sounds represented by the letters in the alphabet Teaching phonological awareness - Answer-Language play; an exposure to a variety of sounds and contexts of sounds Alphabetic principle - Answer-The use of letters and combinations of letters to represent speech sounds Developing language skills - Answer-- Interacting with others - Experiencing language in daily life - Understanding that speaking and listening are necessary for effective communication. Know, Wonder, Learn - Answer-What KWL stands for Decoding - 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 - Answer-Process of learning to read by learning how spoken language is represented by letters Whole language approach - 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." Fluency - Answer-The goal of literacy development; the ability to read and write accurately and quickly