Random info praxis

Question 1

5 line poems

Answer 1

Cinquains and limericks

Question 2

A sonnet must have how many lines?

Answer 2

14

Question 3

The repeated sound at the beginning of the words.

For example I grant I never saw a goddess go. Three words begin with the g sound.

Answer 3

What is alliteration?

Question 4

What is an exposition passage?

Answer 4

is to provide readers with background information

Question 5

What is a tall tale?

Answer 5

Uses made up information

Question 6

What is a phoneme?

Answer 6

The smallest unit of sound in a language.

Question 7

Describe Phonics

Answer 7

It is a method of reading using the fundamental sounds of syllables

Question 8

description of digraph?

Answer 8

A blend of two consecutive letters to form a single sound

Question 9

What best describes active listening?

Answer 9

Listening for Meaning

Listening without talking agreeing with the speaker sitting up straight in a chair all not active listening skills

Question 10

A student is unfamiliar with the word in a book. which of the following would not help that student decipher its meaning?
A. Suffix or prefix of the word
B. Looking up the word in the dictionary
C. Identifying literary devices in the sentence
D. Reading a few lines before and after the word

Answer 10

C identify literary devices in the sentences

Question 11

What actions for the classroom library would least encourage the students in the class to use and enjoy the library!?

Answer 11

It least encourage the students to come to the classroom library if you only provided leveled books based on the reading abilities of the students. Students should learn how to select books on their own level without being handed only books at that level.

Question 12

Which of the following would be most beneficial to ell student when a teacher asked the student a question about a text?
A. Asking the questions more loudly
B. Supplying the student with possible choices
C. Giving the student increase time
D. Letting the student right answer on the board

Answer 12

C Providing the student with increased wait time

Another thing to do to help ells is use pictures and nonverbal cues when talking

Question 13

What is comparing and contrast?

Answer 13

the passage that begins by mentioning some of the similarities between something and then mentions the differences.

Question 14

This Line of a poem is an example of which literary device?

“House. and playing roller hockey. I spent a total of three minutes indoors throughout the entire weekend I don’t even know whether my brother….

Answer 14

Hyperbole- another word for an exaggeration

Question 15

A compound sentence does what?

Answer 15

Connects two independent clauses

Question 16

Research has shown that accessing the student prior knowledge can improve reading comprehension. what is not considered a prior knowledge connection to improve comprehension.

Answer 16

Self to world. Comparing the students to the world around them does not involve the text so it cannot be make connections to improve comprehension

Question 17

Research has determined that the best predictor of the students early decoding ability is his or her 
a. vocabulary
B phonemic awareness 
c. listening comprehension 
d. positive attitude

Answer 17

The phonemic awareness

It’s the best predictor of a students early reading acquisition

Question 18

Language used by a specific group

Answer 18

Jargon

Question 19

A poetic device that can be used in any type of poem. Resemblance of sound in words or syllables. Repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence or a phrase to create an internal rhyme.

Answer 19

Assonce

Question 20

Study of the history of words. Traces its transmission from one language to another

Answer 20

Etymology

Question 21

An informal expression that is usually accepted in spoken and written language

Answer 21

Colloquialism

Question 22

Substituting one word for another that has close association to it

Answer 22

Metonymy