FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
Allegory - ANSWER: A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another
meaning (Biblical stories)
Alliteration - ANSWER: A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of
words closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds
of letters, rather than the spelling of words.
Allusion - ANSWER: A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do
that because I'm not superman.
Foreshadowing - ANSWER: Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate
future events in the plot.
Hyperbole - ANSWER: An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses extreme
exaggeration for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand times. *Love story,
comic stories.
Metaphor - ANSWER: Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The eyes are
the windows of the soul.
Onomotopeia - ANSWER: Words that imitate the sound they describe. *Plunk, Whiz,
Pop
Oxymoron - ANSWER: A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
Personification - ANSWER: Another figure of speech which attributes "Human
Qualities" to an inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down house appeared
depressed.
Simile - ANSWER: Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a chimney.
*Pretty as a picture. *Light as a feather.
Tone - ANSWER: Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject through the
author.
Figurative languange - ANSWER: A form of language use in which the writers and
speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their words. (Two figures
of speech that are particularly important for poetry are simile and metaphor)
Imagery - ANSWER: Is the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling or
idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory experience. *Images
,may be visual (something seen) Aural (something heard), tactile (felt), olfactory
(smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) * Language that appeals to the senses.
Rhyme - ANSWER: The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in
different words, most often at the ends of lines.
Stanza - ANSWER: grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a set
pattern of meter and rhyme.
Rhythm - ANSWER: Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in
different words, most often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is predominately a function
of sound rather than spelling; thus words that end with they same vowel sound.
*day, prey, bouquet, weigh. (Poets rely heavily on rhythm to express meaning and
convey feeling.)
Cliches - ANSWER: Saying or dialogue much overworked in common language. They
are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways.
Anaphora - ANSWER: refers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are
repeated at the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
Climax - ANSWER: Occurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches its peak,
usually with a resolution of some kind. (increasing level of tension, usually between
the protagonist and antagonist.)
Dialect geography - ANSWER: the study of speech differences from one geographical
area to another.
Dialect mixture - ANSWER: the presence in one form of speech with elements from
different neighboring dialects.
Dictation - ANSWER: the choice of language in a literary work. May be formal,
colloquial, and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to induce a mood in the
audience.
Discourse - ANSWER: any coherent succession of sentences, spoken or written. Thus
a novel, short story, essay, speech or interview.
Style - ANSWER: a particular manner of using language to narrate a story, develop a
dramatic mood, or evoke a mood. Can also refer to a period of literary history or to
an individual writer.
Email/Electronic communication - ANSWER: Very common among people and
business for communication. Electronic documents will continue to grow.
Effective way of writing an email. - ANSWER: 1. The subject should be meaningful
and concise. Clear to the reader.
, 2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
Plot - ANSWER: the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and
presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Elements of Literature - ANSWER: 1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
4. Conflict
5. Rising Action
6. Crisis
7. Climax
8. Falling action
9. Resolution
Exposition - ANSWER: The introductory material which give the setting, creates the
tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding
the story.
Inciting Force/triggers - ANSWER: The event of character that triggers the conflict.
Conflict - ANSWER: The essence of fiction. It creates plot. We usually encounter
them as (Man versus...Man, Nature, Society or Self.)
Rising Action - ANSWER: A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins
with the inciting force and ends with the climax.
Crisis - ANSWER: The conflict reaches and a turning point. A this point the opposing
forces in the story meet and the conflict becomes most intense. The crisis occurs
before or at the same time as the climax.
Falling Action - ANSWER: The events after the climax which close the story.
Resolution - ANSWER: Round out and concludes the action.
Writing Process - ANSWER: 1. Pre-Writing
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Proof reading
6. Publishing
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
Allegory - ANSWER: A type of narrative that uses a story to symbolize another
meaning (Biblical stories)
Alliteration - ANSWER: A device that "repeats" stressed sounds in a sequence of
words closely connected to one another. *Luscious lemons. It is based on the sounds
of letters, rather than the spelling of words.
Allusion - ANSWER: A reference to an event literary work or person. *I can not do
that because I'm not superman.
Foreshadowing - ANSWER: Uses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate
future events in the plot.
Hyperbole - ANSWER: An exaggeration/a figure of speech that uses extreme
exaggeration for dramatic effect. *I have done this a thousand times. *Love story,
comic stories.
Metaphor - ANSWER: Compares two things by stating one is the other.*The eyes are
the windows of the soul.
Onomotopeia - ANSWER: Words that imitate the sound they describe. *Plunk, Whiz,
Pop
Oxymoron - ANSWER: A two word paradox. *Never miss, seriously funny.
Personification - ANSWER: Another figure of speech which attributes "Human
Qualities" to an inanimate object or abstract entity. *The run down house appeared
depressed.
Simile - ANSWER: Compares one object to another. *He smokes like a chimney.
*Pretty as a picture. *Light as a feather.
Tone - ANSWER: Refers to the "Attitude" expressed about the subject through the
author.
Figurative languange - ANSWER: A form of language use in which the writers and
speakers mean something other than the literal meaning of their words. (Two figures
of speech that are particularly important for poetry are simile and metaphor)
Imagery - ANSWER: Is the concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling or
idea that triggers our imaginative ere-enactment of sensory experience. *Images
,may be visual (something seen) Aural (something heard), tactile (felt), olfactory
(smell), or gustatory (something tasted.) * Language that appeals to the senses.
Rhyme - ANSWER: The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in
different words, most often at the ends of lines.
Stanza - ANSWER: grouping of lines, set off by a space, which usually has a set
pattern of meter and rhyme.
Rhythm - ANSWER: Is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in
different words, most often at the ends of lines. Rhyme is predominately a function
of sound rather than spelling; thus words that end with they same vowel sound.
*day, prey, bouquet, weigh. (Poets rely heavily on rhythm to express meaning and
convey feeling.)
Cliches - ANSWER: Saying or dialogue much overworked in common language. They
are used in developing characters and sometimes in comical and farcical ways.
Anaphora - ANSWER: refers to a figure of speech in which a word or words are
repeated at the beginning of successive lines of verse in rhetoric.
Climax - ANSWER: Occurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches its peak,
usually with a resolution of some kind. (increasing level of tension, usually between
the protagonist and antagonist.)
Dialect geography - ANSWER: the study of speech differences from one geographical
area to another.
Dialect mixture - ANSWER: the presence in one form of speech with elements from
different neighboring dialects.
Dictation - ANSWER: the choice of language in a literary work. May be formal,
colloquial, and slang. Used to set a tone for the work meant to induce a mood in the
audience.
Discourse - ANSWER: any coherent succession of sentences, spoken or written. Thus
a novel, short story, essay, speech or interview.
Style - ANSWER: a particular manner of using language to narrate a story, develop a
dramatic mood, or evoke a mood. Can also refer to a period of literary history or to
an individual writer.
Email/Electronic communication - ANSWER: Very common among people and
business for communication. Electronic documents will continue to grow.
Effective way of writing an email. - ANSWER: 1. The subject should be meaningful
and concise. Clear to the reader.
, 2. Most important part of the message should appear on the first screen.
3. Summarize long messages in the fist paragraph.
4. Write concisely in short, relevant paragraphs.
5. Use a mixture of capital and lower case letter for ease of reading.
6. Include the text of the attachment in the body of the E-mail if possible.
7. Proofread after using spell check and grammar check.
Plot - ANSWER: the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and
presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Elements of Literature - ANSWER: 1. Exposition
2. Foreshadowing
3. Inciting Force/triggers
4. Conflict
5. Rising Action
6. Crisis
7. Climax
8. Falling action
9. Resolution
Exposition - ANSWER: The introductory material which give the setting, creates the
tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding
the story.
Inciting Force/triggers - ANSWER: The event of character that triggers the conflict.
Conflict - ANSWER: The essence of fiction. It creates plot. We usually encounter
them as (Man versus...Man, Nature, Society or Self.)
Rising Action - ANSWER: A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins
with the inciting force and ends with the climax.
Crisis - ANSWER: The conflict reaches and a turning point. A this point the opposing
forces in the story meet and the conflict becomes most intense. The crisis occurs
before or at the same time as the climax.
Falling Action - ANSWER: The events after the climax which close the story.
Resolution - ANSWER: Round out and concludes the action.
Writing Process - ANSWER: 1. Pre-Writing
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Proof reading
6. Publishing
