Praxis II Elementary Education 5001 Exam With Complete Solution

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 Affixes - Answer Syllables attached to the beginning or end of a word to make a derivative or inflectional form of a word. Noun suffixes - Answer Type of suffix. Two types: - Denotes the act of, state of, or quality of. (argument) - Denotes the doer, or one who does (auctioneer) Verb suffixes - Answer Type of suffix. Denote "to make" or "two perform the act of" (soften) Adjectival suffixes - Answer Type of suffix. Include suffixes such as "ful" which means "full of." Ish, less, able. Literal comprehension - Answer The skills a reader uses to deal with the actual words in a text. Involves skills such as i