NYSTCE MST 1-6 ELA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.docx

NYSTCE MST 1-6 ELA EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Phoneme -
correct answer ✅In language, the smallest distinctive sound unit.
For instance, "at" has 2 and "check" has 3


Grapheme -
correct answer ✅The smallest part of written language that
represents a phoneme in the spelling of a word using one or more
letters


Phonics -
correct answer ✅The relationship between phonemes and
graphemes


Phonemic Awareness -
correct answer ✅The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.


Phonological Awareness -
correct answer ✅Including phonemic awareness, the ability to
manipulate rhymes, syllables, and onsets and rimes.

, NYSTCE MST 1-6 ELA EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Onset -
correct answer ✅Smaller than a syllable but larger than
phonemes; the initial consonant or consonant cluster of a word
('sw' in swim, 'b' in bag)


Rime -
correct answer ✅Smaller than a syllable but larger than
phonemes; the part of a syllable that contains the vowel and all
that follows it ('im' in swim, 'ag' in bag)


Phoneme isolation -
correct answer ✅Recognizing individual sounds in a word (e.g., /p/
is the first sound in pan).


Phoneme Identity -
correct answer ✅Recognizing the common sound in different
words. For example, "Tell me the sound that is the same in pig, pot,
and pie (/p/)."


Phoneme categorization -
correct answer ✅Children recognize the word in a set of three or
four words that has the "odd" sound.