Praxis II 5018 - Reading

Which of the following sentences is intended to encourage a response from the reader?

'Did you know you can't dream and snore at the same time?'

Which of the following sentences has a synonym for 'inconsistent'?

'The capricious winds today are shifting so much that our kite flying adventure may be doomed to fail.'

Which is the best phrasing to let the reader know that important information is coming up?

'This brings us to another one of our main points.'

To a student with no skills in blending, how many syllables would the word 'dog' seem to have?

3

What is false advertising?

Advertising that is misleading to the consumer

You're reading a book, and you come across a passage where a lot of words begin with the same consonant. What kind of figurative language did you just see?

Alliteration

The statement 'kayaks crave crazy conditions' uses which of the following devices?

Alliteration and personification

Professor Benjamin held a benefit to save the sparrows at his local campus. He shared stories of sparrows, their benefits to a more peaceful planet and even went on about how saving sparrows is just the right thing to do. What type of assertion is he using?

An assertion of value

Juliet says, 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' She's comparing Romeo's last name, Montague, to a rose because no matter what you call him, Romeo is still going to be a sweet guy. Juliet is using which term to explain her idea?

Analogy

James told his girlfriend, Bertha, that he was 'gunna' get some popcorn at the concession stand. Where did he go wrong?

Articulation

Which sentence has inverted word order?

At the end of the story is a terrible surprise.

The word 'authenticity' is the antonym of the word 'spurious' in the following sentence. Why? 'The spurious accusations of the disgusting liar will be proven false since they completely lack authenticity.'

Because it has the opposite meaning

Why is automaticity in particular so critical for reading comprehension?

Being able to quickly identify a letter or word allows a student to focus on understanding the meaning of the text.

Active listening comes from the person-centered therapy of _____.

Carl Rogers

A speech that discusses the specifics of animal abuse that ends with asking for donations to a local animal shelter is done to:

Change current thinking or behavior

What are semantic clues?

Clues based on the meaning

Which word could be substituted for 'querulous' in the following sentence? 'The querulous child I babysit just won't stop bothering me until I let him play video games.'

Complaining

Which of these terms refers to the actual definition of a word?

Denotation

When Jed told his friends, 'Y'all come back now', this is an example of:

Dialect

Children taught using ____ phonics instruction can view reading as a chore.

Explicit

A speaker who uses graphs, charts and expert testimony is using an Assertion of:

Fact

Mike is a college student who is trying to convince his professor to not require him to dissect a frog in the lab tomorrow. He comes prepared with presentation that provides statistics about the inhumane treatment of frogs. Which assertion is Mike PROBABLY using?

Fact

Which of the following steps occur the least in the communication process?

Feedback

What is decoding?

Figuring out what words a group of letters are spelling out

If you are writing a poem, your syntax can be:

Full of unexpected sentence structure; Rich in figurative language; More open-ended

Which activity might help with sound spelling?

Generating rhymes Sorting words Dictation

The three pillars of persuasive speaking are ethos, logos, and pathos. This means that in order to give a good persuasive speech, the speaker should:

Have credibility, present a logical argument, and evoke emotion from the audience.

Which sentence has normal word order?

I ran back to my house as fast as possible.

Wendy is giving an impromptu presentation on how to take cover during a tornado warning. Wendy is speaking to _____.

Inform

Why is communication important?

It allows businesses to communicate to their customers.

Why is encoding relevant for communication?

It is the process of transforming a thought into a message that can be sent.

Which aspects should phonics instruction include?

It should be systematic.

Theresa is a surgeon. She's asked to speak at her daughter's third-grade class for career day. For her presentation, Theresa plans to use higher level vocabulary to discuss a very complicated gastrointestinal procedure. What may be the outcome of her presentation?

It will result in confusion if the audience does not understand the meaning of her words.

What game is good for teaching sight words?

Memory Bingo Flash cards

Which of the following paints a verbal picture to compare two dissimilar things?

Metaphor

If I describe my old dishwasher as refusing to clean my dishes, I'm using which of the following?

Personification

Tom is speaking to students at a community college about global warming and how they can make some simple changes right now, such as purchasing energy efficient appliances and replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs, in order to reduce their energy consumption. Tom delivery goal is to _____.

Persuade

The system of relationships between written and spoken language is called:

Phonics

What form of speech is a flyer discussing the options for an upcoming election?

Political speech

Chef Caleb 'akses' his line cooks to peel potatoes. This error is part of:

Pronunciation

A student is reading a passage and doesn't remember to pause at periods and instead continues into the new sentence without any change of pace or tone. What area is a struggle for this student, based on this description?

Prosody

What is fluency?

Reading rate and expression

What are the remedies for false advertising?

Remedies include a 'cease and desist' and/or reward for damages.

How does teaching word patterns support Piaget's theory about cognitive development?

Schema is built by identifying relationships and categorizing information.

Which of the following phrases BEST describes communication?

Sending and receiving information between two or more people

Which of the following is a strategy recommended to improve fluency?

Sight word memorization Development of a larger vocabulary Repeated readings

'He's as gentle as a lamb' can most precisely be described as which type of figure of speech:

Simile

Which of the following uses the words 'like' or 'as' to draw a comparison between two things that are not particularly similar?

Simile

Vocal traits DO NOT include:

Speaker's appearance

Which students might especially benefit from multisensory mapping?

Students with dyslexia

What is commercial speech?

The advertising of a product or service through printed materials, broadcast or the Internet

Liberty means:

The condition of freedom

Which of the following is true of the fluent reader?

The fluent reader attends to punctuation. The fluent reader keeps a reasonable rate. The fluent reader uses an expressive voice.

Which of the following is the BEST explanation of a communication channel?

The medium by which a message is transmitted.

How do students learn words in a phonics-based system?

They learn phonemes which are used as building blocks to make words.

Which tier is compared to a specialist?

Tier Three

Which important reading skill is necessary for understanding text?

Vocabulary

In which of the following scenarios is giving a brief response NOT ideal?

What you are writing is controversial.

Which of the following is NOT a syntactical consideration?

Word choice

What is an open sort?

a sort in which the categories are selected by the students

Which of the following types of words are used across all content areas?

academic words

Paraphrasing, summarizing, and questioning/clarifying are all examples of _____.

active listening techniques

Jon is making a class presentation. He is very uncomfortable and begins to sweat, rock back and forth, and wring his hands. These actions are examples of:

body language.

Which is true about how children learn to read and write?

children progress through predictable stages

Place these punctuation marks in order, from shortest pause to longest: comma, dash, period, ellipsis

comma, dash, period, ellipsis

The root that means govern is:

crac

Which of the following types of vocabulary words are specific to a particular hobby?

domain-specific words

The suffix that means more is:

er

Active listening is not only used in the therapeutic setting; it is an essential component of _____.

good relationships; engaging with others; effective communication

Which factor refers to the voice quality of a reader?

intonation

The sentence, 'In the shadows creep scary ghosts,' is an example of what kind of inverted word order situation?

inverted sentence

Which is true about phonics?

it is necessary for decoding; it is the relationship between sound in speech & letters; it is used in early reading.

When manipulating words, which of the following tools would a student most likely use?

letter tiles

Which of the following words are domain-specific?

microbes, umbra, symbiosis

Understanding the _____ of the audience is an important element of effective listening when public speaking.

mood

What are three types of end punctuation that playwrights can use, even if they make sentences into fragments?

period, exclamation point, and question mark

The basic sounds made in the English language that are taught in a phonics-based system are called _____.

phonemes

Which is the awareness of sounds of speech?

phonological awareness

A headache is an example of _____ noise.

physiological

What form of indirect instruction increases fluency?

reading to a student

In order to be an effective listener, the most important thing you can do is to _____.

respond to the message letting the speaker know it has been understood

Paraphrasing is to _____.

restate what has been said

Which intervention method helps struggling decoders become confident readers?

skill building

Phonics-based systems focus on teaching students _____.

sounds

Public speaking _____, whereas casual conversation _____.

takes careful planning and research; is more forgiving

Which is an example of a high frequency word?

the

What can a teacher tell about a child who writes the following for the word 'cake'? KAK

the child understands beginning, middle and end sounds but does not yet know spelling rules

How many tiers are there in the Tiered Vocabulary Instruction model?

three

Why do playwrights break the rules of standard punctuation when writing dialogue?

to tell the actors how to deliver their lines

How do we decode?

we blend sounds together into syllables or words