NYSTCE LITERACY PART 1 (2025/2026) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Language Structure
The organization of words (both spoken and written) into meaningful
segments (phrases or sentences) using conventions of grammar and
syntax.
Automaticity
Automatically knowing a words from practice
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
regional settings
The language used and the date, time, and currency formats.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Can
be tall tales, which include details that could never happen.
, omniscient narrator
a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner
thoughts and feelings of the characters
Fable
A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters
Ballad
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
Epic
A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts
the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular
society
A group of fifth-grade students has read an article about the social
behaviors of dolphins. Which activity would best prepare the students
to participate in a class discussion about what they have leaned from
the reading?
ANSWERS
Language Structure
The organization of words (both spoken and written) into meaningful
segments (phrases or sentences) using conventions of grammar and
syntax.
Automaticity
Automatically knowing a words from practice
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
regional settings
The language used and the date, time, and currency formats.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Can
be tall tales, which include details that could never happen.
, omniscient narrator
a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner
thoughts and feelings of the characters
Fable
A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters
Ballad
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
Epic
A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts
the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular
society
A group of fifth-grade students has read an article about the social
behaviors of dolphins. Which activity would best prepare the students
to participate in a class discussion about what they have leaned from
the reading?
