Praxis 5713

Question 1

What is a comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ called?

Answer 1

Simile

Question 2

What is it called when an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes?

Answer 2

Personification

Question 3

What is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?

Answer 3

Metaphor

Question 4

What type of language is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid?

Answer 4

Figurative language

Question 5

What type of clues can tell you whether a word has a positive or negative meaning?

Answer 5

Positive and negative clues

Question 6

What type of clues indicate that an unfamiliar word contrasts with another word in the passage?

Answer 6

Contrast clues

Question 7

What type of clues provide an example of the word following the sentence or within the sentence?

Answer 7

Example clues

Question 8

What type of clues set apart a definition from the sentence by using a comma, parentheses, or colon?

Answer 8

Definition or Restatement clues

Question 9

What refers to information from the reading that hints at a word’s meaning?

Answer 9

Context clues

Question 10

What is the meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase?

Answer 10

Connotative meaning

Question 11

What determines the mood and tone of the passage?

Answer 11

Dictation or word choice

Question 12

What describes a text structure that presents a problem and offers solutions?

Answer 12

Problem-solution

Question 13

What is a method of informing that explains something by focusing on how it is similar and different from other things?

Answer 13

Comparison-contrast

Question 14

What type of text structure explains the reason something happens and the result of it happening?

Answer 14

Cause-effect

Question 15

What describes the author’s detailed description of an idea, object, or other items?

Answer 15

Descriptive

Question 16

What is it called when an author describes a situation or story in chronological order?

Answer 16

Chronological

Question 17

What term refers to the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character?

Answer 17

Tone

Question 18

What term describes the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader?

Answer 18

Mood

Question 19

What are the four types of writing?

Answer 19

• Expository
• Narrative
• Persuasive
• Descriptive writing

Question 20

What type of writing is intended to explain or describe something?

Answer 20

Expository

Question 21

What type of writing tells a story?

Answer 21

Narrative

Question 22

What type of writing tries to get the reader to agree with the author?

Answer 22

Persuasive

Question 23

What is the clear explanation or description of people, places, objects, or events using appropriate details?

Answer 23

Descriptive writing

Question 24

What are strategies that aid the attempt to sway the mind of the audience?

Answer 24

Rhetorical strategies

Question 25

What type of appeal is associated with ethical considerations?

Answer 25

Ethos

Question 26

What type of appeal is associated with logic?

Answer 26

Logos

Question 27

What type of appeal is associated with emotion?

Answer 27

Pathos

Question 28

What are details that support the main idea called?

Answer 28

Supporting details

Question 29

What is a statement that can be proved?

Answer 29

Fact

Question 30

What is a personal view, attitude, or appraisal that others may or may not agree with?

Answer 30

Opinion

Question 31

What is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning?

Answer 31

Inference

Question 32

What is the reason the author has for writing?

Answer 32

Author's purpose

Question 33

What is the subject in a paragraph or work referred to as?

Answer 33

Topic