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FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY
GRADED A+
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY
GRADED A+
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
