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EDU 331 FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
It is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb,
and conveys information about what the subject is doing
or not doing.
Clause
It is a group of words that work together in a sentence but
do not contain a subject or verb.
Phrase
Refers to the categories that words are classified into
based on their grammatic function in a sentence.
Parts of Speech & Function
A writing technique that involved combining multiple short
sentences into a longer, more complex sentence.
Sentence Combining
A sentence where the words are rearranged to create a
new sentence.
Sentence Anagrams
A visual representation of a sentence's structure and the
functions of its words. It can help you: Understand the
grammatical structure of a sentence; Improve your writing
skills and reading comprehension, avoid making grammar
mistakes, clarify your thinking, and fix sentences.
Diagramming Sentences
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Words or phrases that connect ideas in a piece of writing.
They help readers understand the text by integrating
information between sentences.
Cohesive Ties
The relationship between a pronoun and the noun or noun
phrase it refers to.
Pronoun Referent
A cohesive device that replaces an open-class lexical item.
Substitution/Synonym
Used to reinforce an idea.
Repetition
A form of substitution that can be described as
substitution by zero.
Ellipsis
Ellipsis
Connectives (Temporal, Continuity, Causal, Adversative)
The way authors organize information in the text.
Recognizing the underlying structure of texts can help
students focus attention on key concepts and
relationships, anticipate what is to come, and monitor their
comprehension as they read.
Text Structures
Typically follows a pattern of "beginning, middle, and end"
with key components including orientation (introduction),
complication (rising action, climax), resolution (falling
action), and sometimes a re-orientation or evaluation.
Narrative Text Structure
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Exposition (introduction), rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution, characters, setting, conflict, and point of
view.
Elements of Narrative Text Structure
Examples: Plot, characters, setting, theme, point of view,
climax.
narrative text that includes words that indicate sequence,
time progression, or a change in events, such as first,
next, then, after, later, and finally.
Signal Words for Narrative Text
The way an author organizes information and often using
patterns like chronological order, compare and contrast,
cause and effect, problem, and solution, or description to
present the details effectively.
Informational Text Structure
Examples: Chronological, compare and contrast, cause and
effect, problem and solution, description.
First, next, finally, for, however, therefore, because, in
contrast, similarly.
Signal Words for Informational Text
A way to create a sensory experience for the reader by
using details to paint a picture of a person, place, thing, or
event.
Description
Group ideas by order or time.
Chronological
Presents similarities and differences between two or more
objects, places, events, or ideas.
EDU 331 FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
It is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb,
and conveys information about what the subject is doing
or not doing.
Clause
It is a group of words that work together in a sentence but
do not contain a subject or verb.
Phrase
Refers to the categories that words are classified into
based on their grammatic function in a sentence.
Parts of Speech & Function
A writing technique that involved combining multiple short
sentences into a longer, more complex sentence.
Sentence Combining
A sentence where the words are rearranged to create a
new sentence.
Sentence Anagrams
A visual representation of a sentence's structure and the
functions of its words. It can help you: Understand the
grammatical structure of a sentence; Improve your writing
skills and reading comprehension, avoid making grammar
mistakes, clarify your thinking, and fix sentences.
Diagramming Sentences
, Page | 2
Words or phrases that connect ideas in a piece of writing.
They help readers understand the text by integrating
information between sentences.
Cohesive Ties
The relationship between a pronoun and the noun or noun
phrase it refers to.
Pronoun Referent
A cohesive device that replaces an open-class lexical item.
Substitution/Synonym
Used to reinforce an idea.
Repetition
A form of substitution that can be described as
substitution by zero.
Ellipsis
Ellipsis
Connectives (Temporal, Continuity, Causal, Adversative)
The way authors organize information in the text.
Recognizing the underlying structure of texts can help
students focus attention on key concepts and
relationships, anticipate what is to come, and monitor their
comprehension as they read.
Text Structures
Typically follows a pattern of "beginning, middle, and end"
with key components including orientation (introduction),
complication (rising action, climax), resolution (falling
action), and sometimes a re-orientation or evaluation.
Narrative Text Structure
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Exposition (introduction), rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution, characters, setting, conflict, and point of
view.
Elements of Narrative Text Structure
Examples: Plot, characters, setting, theme, point of view,
climax.
narrative text that includes words that indicate sequence,
time progression, or a change in events, such as first,
next, then, after, later, and finally.
Signal Words for Narrative Text
The way an author organizes information and often using
patterns like chronological order, compare and contrast,
cause and effect, problem, and solution, or description to
present the details effectively.
Informational Text Structure
Examples: Chronological, compare and contrast, cause and
effect, problem and solution, description.
First, next, finally, for, however, therefore, because, in
contrast, similarly.
Signal Words for Informational Text
A way to create a sensory experience for the reader by
using details to paint a picture of a person, place, thing, or
event.
Description
Group ideas by order or time.
Chronological
Presents similarities and differences between two or more
objects, places, events, or ideas.
