Praxis 5511
Comprehension results - *answers *when the student has the vocabulary and reading
skills necessary to make sense of the whole picture
Comprehension strategies - *answers *pre-reading titles, sidebars, follow up questions,
looking at illustrations, predicting whats going to happen,asking questions, connecting
to background knowledge, relating to characters
developing literacy - *answers *needs skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocab,
comprehension and fluency
Literacy-rich Environment - *answers *one that provides students having disabilities
with stimulation to take part in activities involving language and literacy into daily living
and routines
Literacy rich settings - *answers *engage all students in various literacy activities-
during all subjects
Vocabulary thematically - *answers *give students context for the words they are
learning
semantic - *answers *emphasizes the meaning of words
syntactic approach - *answers *emphasizes the order of words
literal comprehension - *answers *topic, main idea, important facts, sequencing,
supporting details
critical comprehension - *answers *inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, point of
view, and themes, organizational pattern of a work, explicit and implicit relationships
among words, phrases and sentences
metacognition - *answers *students who develop good metacognition skills become
more independent and confident about learning
realize information is readily available for them
awareness, planning, self-monitoring and reflection
Topic sentence - *answers *paragraphs subject
Theme - *answers *Central idea of a work. what a work says about a subject. Must be
universal and can be applied to everyone
inductive reasoning - *answers *Starts with data. Using particulars to draw a general
conclusion
deductive reasoning - *answers *involves using general facts or premises to come to a
specific conclusion
, Praxis 5511
Personification - *answers *the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Synecdoche - *answers *The use of a part of something to signify the whole"boots on
the ground" for soldiers in the field
Metonymy - *answers *the use of one term that is closely associated with another to
mean the other "Crown" for monarchy
Alliteration - *answers *Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance - *answers *Repetition of vowel sounds
the quiet bride cried
Onomatopoeia - *answers *A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Euphemism - *answers *This is a cover up word that avoids the explicit meaning of an
offensive or unpleasant term. Expired instead of dead
Hyperbole - *answers *exaggeration
Bathos - *answers *Attempt to evoke pity. Sometimes called an anticlimax
Oxymoron - *answers *refers to two terms that are used together for contradictory
effect "a new classic"
ad hominem - *answers *Attacks the character or behavior of a person taking a stand
on an issue rather than the issue itself "that fat slob wants higher taxes"
Hasty Generalization - *answers *all mcdonalds are bad because I had a bad
experience at one
Faulty causation - *answers *blaming a flat tire on a lucky penny rather than driving
over a bunch of nails
Epic poem - *answers *longer poem, tells usually a story or quest.
Lyric poetry - *answers *expresses feelings and emotions of author
Fairy tale - *answers *fictional story involving humans, magical events, and usually
animals. Often involved impossible events
Fable - *answers *A tale in which animals, plants, and forces of nature act like humans.
Also teaches a moral lesson
Comprehension results - *answers *when the student has the vocabulary and reading
skills necessary to make sense of the whole picture
Comprehension strategies - *answers *pre-reading titles, sidebars, follow up questions,
looking at illustrations, predicting whats going to happen,asking questions, connecting
to background knowledge, relating to characters
developing literacy - *answers *needs skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocab,
comprehension and fluency
Literacy-rich Environment - *answers *one that provides students having disabilities
with stimulation to take part in activities involving language and literacy into daily living
and routines
Literacy rich settings - *answers *engage all students in various literacy activities-
during all subjects
Vocabulary thematically - *answers *give students context for the words they are
learning
semantic - *answers *emphasizes the meaning of words
syntactic approach - *answers *emphasizes the order of words
literal comprehension - *answers *topic, main idea, important facts, sequencing,
supporting details
critical comprehension - *answers *inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, point of
view, and themes, organizational pattern of a work, explicit and implicit relationships
among words, phrases and sentences
metacognition - *answers *students who develop good metacognition skills become
more independent and confident about learning
realize information is readily available for them
awareness, planning, self-monitoring and reflection
Topic sentence - *answers *paragraphs subject
Theme - *answers *Central idea of a work. what a work says about a subject. Must be
universal and can be applied to everyone
inductive reasoning - *answers *Starts with data. Using particulars to draw a general
conclusion
deductive reasoning - *answers *involves using general facts or premises to come to a
specific conclusion
, Praxis 5511
Personification - *answers *the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Synecdoche - *answers *The use of a part of something to signify the whole"boots on
the ground" for soldiers in the field
Metonymy - *answers *the use of one term that is closely associated with another to
mean the other "Crown" for monarchy
Alliteration - *answers *Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance - *answers *Repetition of vowel sounds
the quiet bride cried
Onomatopoeia - *answers *A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Euphemism - *answers *This is a cover up word that avoids the explicit meaning of an
offensive or unpleasant term. Expired instead of dead
Hyperbole - *answers *exaggeration
Bathos - *answers *Attempt to evoke pity. Sometimes called an anticlimax
Oxymoron - *answers *refers to two terms that are used together for contradictory
effect "a new classic"
ad hominem - *answers *Attacks the character or behavior of a person taking a stand
on an issue rather than the issue itself "that fat slob wants higher taxes"
Hasty Generalization - *answers *all mcdonalds are bad because I had a bad
experience at one
Faulty causation - *answers *blaming a flat tire on a lucky penny rather than driving
over a bunch of nails
Epic poem - *answers *longer poem, tells usually a story or quest.
Lyric poetry - *answers *expresses feelings and emotions of author
Fairy tale - *answers *fictional story involving humans, magical events, and usually
animals. Often involved impossible events
Fable - *answers *A tale in which animals, plants, and forces of nature act like humans.
Also teaches a moral lesson
