Praxis Elementary Education C.K. (5018) Reading and Language Arts

The above sentence would be classified as which of the following?

A complex sentence

Which of the following is not a clear example of how semantics has changed over time?

A father reads a book to his son about America's "guerilla warfare tactics" in the Revolutionary War, but the son thinks he meant "gorilla warfare tactics".

What is the main idea of the following passage? "Sunday mornings my grandfather presided at his church. And every Sunday afternoon, the family ate chicken. The preacher had to have his Sunday chicken. He was served chicken, but I got chicken feet. Once I left my grandparents' home to play professional baseball, I never ate chicken again. I also didn't attend church until my career was over."

A young man rebels against his upbringing.

When listening, which of the following actions is important when attempting to evaluate what has been said by the speaker?

A. Thinking about what you hear. B. Asking questions about what you don't understand. C. Coming to a thoughtful conclusion about what was said. D. All of the above.

It can be inferred from the author's description of Pete, that the speaker regards Pete as:

An accomplice who can be useful.

Put the stages of writing development into the correct chronological order.

Drawing, Scribbling, Producing letter like forms, Writing letter sequences, Spelling phonetically, Spelling conventionally

A student writes a paper for their science class attempting to explain the life cycle of a bluebird. The paper would best be classified as what genre of writing?

Expository

Which of the following words would best characterize the theme explored by the author in the above passage?

Fear

According to the Common Core standards for language progressive skills, what is the earliest grade in which a student would be expected to produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons?

Grade 3

Which of the following skills would not necessarily be associated with a metacognitive reader?

Highly-developed word recognition ability

Which of the following would be classified as an imperative sentence?

Keep your flashlight with you at all times.

Which of the above lines provide an example of a slant rhyme?

Lines 6 and 8

When reading a passage, a student recognizes an error in the text. This would best be described as an example of what?

Metacognition

Which of the following best describes the point of view from which the excerpt above is written?

Omniscient third-person narration

Which of the following is not a feature of the Common Core standards for argumentative writing?

Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

A student has begun to recognize text in larger units, develop broader word recognition, and utilize decoding skills with fluency. These are all indicators that the student has entered which phase of literacy development?

Orthographic phase

The above text can best be classified as which of the following?

Prose

The underlined section in the sentence that follows is an example of what type of usage error? One of Charles Dickens' most marked characteristics is the extraordinary wealth and richness of his invention.

Redundancy

Which of the above sentences provides the best example of potential foreshadowing by the author?

Sentence 10

Which of the following would best be described as the topic sentence of the passage above?

Sentence 3

Which of the above sentence(s) most strongly suggest(s) that this is an opinion/editorial column?

Sentences 5 and 6

Using MLA format, how would you cite the above article as a source in the bibliography of an academic research paper?

Spencer, Jim. "Art in the Eye of Beholding Bureaucrats." Spencer Speaks 3 August 2007. http://www.spencerspeaks.com

Which of the following is not considered one of the four key elements to good listening?

Taking notes on what is said.

Most languages are similar in which respect?

The basic principles of phrase structure (i.e. subject/predicate)

In which of the following sentences is the underlined word used correctly?

The lobbyists were able to affect radical changes in the economic policy.

What is the key difference between a novel and the movie version of the novel?

The movie is an interpretation of the novel by the director, script writers, and actors.

Which of the following is not a stage associated with the acquisition of a new spoken language?

The orthographic stage

Which of the following is not true about rhetorical questions?

They are meant to be answered by the audience after the speaker has finished.

It is most important to take control of your surroundings and minimize audience interaction when you are speaking _________.

To a large audience

Which of the following would qualify as an example of "exceptional" language development for a three-year-old child?

Understanding the use of metaphors

Which of the following literary elements is not employed by the author?

Use of multiple character perspectives.

When evaluating media for academic purposes, which of the following questions best encapsulates the aim when investigating the authority of a resource?

What are the author's qualifications for writing on this subject?

Which of the following is not considered a prewriting strategy?

copy editing

Anaphora, the repetition of a certain phrase in rhetorical speech, is most effective for:

creating a feeling of building excitement or importance.

In the phrase "the massive green dinosaur" what would be considered the head word?

dinosaur

Which of the following would not be considered a proper example of correct syllabication?

do-zen

A recipe from a cookbook would be considered which type of writing?

expository

Which of the following is not typically found in Native American folk tales?

extended metaphors and complex plot structures

The poem makes extensive use of which two structural devices?

internal rhyme and alliteration

A 5-year-old child becomes confused when his father rolls his eyes and says "that guy was really helpful" following an argument with an unhelpful store clerk. The child's confusion is most likely due to:

lack of understanding of the role of pragmatics in interpreting meaning

An individual who speaks a language historically related to English may have an advantage in learning English as a second language because _______.

many words and roots are likely to have similar spellings and meanings

An advertisement would best be described as an example of which of the following types of text?

persuasive text

Which of the following is considered the best predictor of a child's success in learning to read?

phonemic awareness and understanding of letters

A teacher shows a class cards with various words and reads them aloud, pronouncing certain written units distinctly. For example: nobody = "no/bo/dy"saxophone = "sax/o/phone"elementary = "el/em/en/ta/ry" This exercise is an example of ________.

syllabication

A child says the phrase "I hungry." This can be considered an example of which of the following?

telegraphic speech

The idea that, in English, words are made up of letters that approximate the sounds heard when we speak these words is called

the alphabetic principle

The narrator in the poem could be considered ____________.

unreliable and haunted by loss

An opera singer holds a note for 10 seconds. The sound she is making employs a ________.

vowel