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Questions And Answers Graded A+ | 2026\2027
Guide
How many levels of stress do English words have?
-Correct Answer-4: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary
What are the three types of aphasia and what do they affect?
-Correct Answer-Receptive Aphasia: creates problems with listening comprehension
and retrieval of words
Expressive Aphasia: causes problems with speaking ability as well as articulation and
fluency
Global Aphasia: affects the receptive and expressive features of language. (AKA
"irreversible aphasia")
What is Phonological Awareness?
-Correct Answer-The ability to recognize and manipulate components of the sound
system and structure of words; the ability to segment words into syllables and
phonemes; the ability to discriminate, remember, and manipulate words in sentences as
well as sounds within a word.
What is Phonemic Awareness?
-Correct Answer-A component of Phonological Awareness
A child understands that words have smaller components called sounds (phonemes)
Words can be dissected into each phoneme and put back to recreate the word.
What are Tier 4 words?
-Correct Answer-This is sophisticated vocabulary that learners need to succeed beyond
the elementary years. they are rare to be taught in K-6
Ex: philanthropy, juxtaposition, apothecary
What are semantic clusters?
-Correct Answer-This is a group of words that can relate to each other in grammatical
function and meaning
Ex: Dwelling for animals (nest, aquarium, beehive, cocoon, birdhouse)
What is the Syllabic writing system?
-Correct Answer-Syllables are depicted through the use of unique symbols. Each
symbol represents a syllable instead of a single phoneme. Ex: Cherokee & Japanese
, What is the Alphabetic writing system?
-Correct Answer-Each symbol represents a unit of sound (phonetic signs) Ex: English
and spanish
English had _____ graphemes to represent about _____ phonemes.
-Correct Answer-26, 44
What are the 2 most common approaches used to teach reading in public schools?
-Correct Answer-Skills-based (Bottom-up) approach & Meaning-based (Top-down)
approach
What is the skills-based (bottom-up) approach to reading?
-Correct Answer-This approach goes from specific to general/part to whole
It begins with phonemes and graphemes and then expands to syllable, word, sentence,
paragraph, then whole reading selections
Children read and write decodable words, with a great emphasis on reading each word
accurately , as opposed to reading to comprehend the text as a whole.
What is the meaning-based (top-down) approach to reading?
-Correct Answer-This approach goes from whole to part
Begins with whole stories, paragraphs, sentences, words, to syllables, graphemes, and
phonemes.
Represents by the Whole Language approach
What is the Whole Language Approach?
-Correct Answer-Follows the meaning-based approach but also places emphasis on
phonics which is promoted in skills-based approach
It suggests that to derive meaning from text, readers rely more on the structure and
meaning of language than on graphic information from the text
What are the 3 major categories of literature?
-Correct Answer-Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
What are the 5 genres of fiction?
-Correct Answer-Realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and traditional
literature
What is syllabication?
-Correct Answer-It is the ability to conceptualize and separate words into syllables
Questions And Answers Graded A+ | 2026\2027
Guide
How many levels of stress do English words have?
-Correct Answer-4: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary
What are the three types of aphasia and what do they affect?
-Correct Answer-Receptive Aphasia: creates problems with listening comprehension
and retrieval of words
Expressive Aphasia: causes problems with speaking ability as well as articulation and
fluency
Global Aphasia: affects the receptive and expressive features of language. (AKA
"irreversible aphasia")
What is Phonological Awareness?
-Correct Answer-The ability to recognize and manipulate components of the sound
system and structure of words; the ability to segment words into syllables and
phonemes; the ability to discriminate, remember, and manipulate words in sentences as
well as sounds within a word.
What is Phonemic Awareness?
-Correct Answer-A component of Phonological Awareness
A child understands that words have smaller components called sounds (phonemes)
Words can be dissected into each phoneme and put back to recreate the word.
What are Tier 4 words?
-Correct Answer-This is sophisticated vocabulary that learners need to succeed beyond
the elementary years. they are rare to be taught in K-6
Ex: philanthropy, juxtaposition, apothecary
What are semantic clusters?
-Correct Answer-This is a group of words that can relate to each other in grammatical
function and meaning
Ex: Dwelling for animals (nest, aquarium, beehive, cocoon, birdhouse)
What is the Syllabic writing system?
-Correct Answer-Syllables are depicted through the use of unique symbols. Each
symbol represents a syllable instead of a single phoneme. Ex: Cherokee & Japanese
, What is the Alphabetic writing system?
-Correct Answer-Each symbol represents a unit of sound (phonetic signs) Ex: English
and spanish
English had _____ graphemes to represent about _____ phonemes.
-Correct Answer-26, 44
What are the 2 most common approaches used to teach reading in public schools?
-Correct Answer-Skills-based (Bottom-up) approach & Meaning-based (Top-down)
approach
What is the skills-based (bottom-up) approach to reading?
-Correct Answer-This approach goes from specific to general/part to whole
It begins with phonemes and graphemes and then expands to syllable, word, sentence,
paragraph, then whole reading selections
Children read and write decodable words, with a great emphasis on reading each word
accurately , as opposed to reading to comprehend the text as a whole.
What is the meaning-based (top-down) approach to reading?
-Correct Answer-This approach goes from whole to part
Begins with whole stories, paragraphs, sentences, words, to syllables, graphemes, and
phonemes.
Represents by the Whole Language approach
What is the Whole Language Approach?
-Correct Answer-Follows the meaning-based approach but also places emphasis on
phonics which is promoted in skills-based approach
It suggests that to derive meaning from text, readers rely more on the structure and
meaning of language than on graphic information from the text
What are the 3 major categories of literature?
-Correct Answer-Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
What are the 5 genres of fiction?
-Correct Answer-Realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and traditional
literature
What is syllabication?
-Correct Answer-It is the ability to conceptualize and separate words into syllables
