Praxis II 5002 Reading and Language
Arts
Phonemes - answer the sounds represented by the letters in the alphabet
/y/ yes
phonological awareness - answer the ability to perceive sound structures in a spoken
word, such as syllable and the individual phonemes with syllables.
onset sounds - answerthe sounds at the beginning of words
ex: b in bat
rime - answersyllable rime from poetic rhyme
ex: at in bat
decoding - answeris the method or strategy used to make sense of printed words and
figure out how to correctly pronounce them
phonics - answeris the process of learning t oread by learning how spoken language is
represented by letters
fluency - answeris the goal of literacy development. it is the ability to read accurately
and quickly
noun suffixes - answerone denotes the act of, state of, or quality of.
"ment" added to argument" which id defined as "the act of arguing"
verb suffixes - answerthese denote "to make" or "to perform the act of"
"en" added to "soft" makes "soften" which means "to make soft"
adjectival suffixes - answersuffixes such as: "ish", "less", "able", "ful"
when "ful" is added to the word "care" the word "careful" is formed, which means "full of
care"
simile - answeris a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
"as pretty as a picture"
metaphor - answeris a direct comparison between two unlike things without the use of
"like" or "as". One thing is identified as the other instead of simply compared to it.
"My soul is a dark forest."
personification - answergiving of human characteristics to a non-human thing or idea
Arts
Phonemes - answer the sounds represented by the letters in the alphabet
/y/ yes
phonological awareness - answer the ability to perceive sound structures in a spoken
word, such as syllable and the individual phonemes with syllables.
onset sounds - answerthe sounds at the beginning of words
ex: b in bat
rime - answersyllable rime from poetic rhyme
ex: at in bat
decoding - answeris the method or strategy used to make sense of printed words and
figure out how to correctly pronounce them
phonics - answeris the process of learning t oread by learning how spoken language is
represented by letters
fluency - answeris the goal of literacy development. it is the ability to read accurately
and quickly
noun suffixes - answerone denotes the act of, state of, or quality of.
"ment" added to argument" which id defined as "the act of arguing"
verb suffixes - answerthese denote "to make" or "to perform the act of"
"en" added to "soft" makes "soften" which means "to make soft"
adjectival suffixes - answersuffixes such as: "ish", "less", "able", "ful"
when "ful" is added to the word "care" the word "careful" is formed, which means "full of
care"
simile - answeris a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
"as pretty as a picture"
metaphor - answeris a direct comparison between two unlike things without the use of
"like" or "as". One thing is identified as the other instead of simply compared to it.
"My soul is a dark forest."
personification - answergiving of human characteristics to a non-human thing or idea
