English 6 to 12Multiple-Choice SectionTest Format and Sample QuestionsThe English 6 to 12 Multiple-Choice Section contains approximately 72 multiple-choice items. You will have one and one-half hours to complete this section. Show
Each of the questions in the multiple-choice section will contain four response options. You will choose the best response out of the available options, and indicate A, B, C, or D. The table below presents types of questions on the exam and directs you to examples of these formats among the sample items that follow. Table of Question Formats
Sample QuestionsThe following questions represent both the form and content of questions on the examination. These questions will acquaint you with the general format of the examination; however, these sample questions do not cover all of the competencies and skills that are tested and will only approximate the degree of examination difficulty. Question 1 Competency 1—Knowledge of the effective use of the English language at the postsecondary levelDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. The words gothic, vandal, and turretrepresent which of the following influences on language? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: B.Question 2 Competency 1—Knowledge of the effective use of the English language at the postsecondary levelDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Determine the effect of the use of a semicolon in the student writing sample. Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: C. Question 3 Competency 1—Knowledge of the effective use of the English language at the postsecondary levelDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. In a literary text, a willful character was described as arbitrary. Students were confused, because their common definition and usage of arbitraryis random or inconsistent. The best resource to confirm the multiple meanings of "arbitrary" is a(an) Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: B.Question 4 Competency 1—Knowledge of the effective use of the English language at the postsecondary levelDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. In the word intractable, the Latin root is tract, meaning pullor draw, and its suffix indicates its use as an adjective. Judging from the prefix in, what does the word mean? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 5 Competency 1—Knowledge of the effective use of the English language at the postsecondary levelDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. In his speech, I Have a Dream, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. refers to the Biblical passage of Isaiah 40:4–5. This reference is an example of the literary element Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 6 Competency 1—Knowledge of the effective use of the English language at the postsecondary levelDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. What does the following discussion question exemplify? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: C. Question 7 Competency 1—Knowledge of the effective use of the English language at the postsecondary levelDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. To evaluate students' knowledge of gerund phrases with an alternative assessment, the teacher should have the students Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 8 Competency 2—Knowledge of effective writing skillsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A student would like to write an essay about a personal event. This demonstrates which of the following types of essay? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: B.Question 9 Competency 2—Knowledge of effective writing skillsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following include examples of common logical fallacies utilized when analyzing argument? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 10 Competency 2—Knowledge of effective writing skillsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. To improve awareness of the intended audience's effect on writing, the teacher should Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: D.Question 11 Competency 2—Knowledge of effective writing skillsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which question should a student be focusing on during the revising stage of writing? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: D.Question 12 Competency 2—Knowledge of effective writing skillsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Below is the first paragraph of a student composition.
Which set of teacher comments would be most productive? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 13 Competency 2—Knowledge of effective writing skillsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A student would like to write a paper about recent advances in nursing. Which of the following citation styles should be used? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: B.Question 14 Competency 3—Knowledge of literacy processes across genresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. After reading a poem with his students, a high school English teacher asks them the questions below.
To which of the following poetic elements do these questions refer? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: D.Question 15 Competency 3—Knowledge of literacy processes across genresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. In the sentence, "Because they made a $300 profit, the young entrepreneurs were contentwith the outcome of their fundraiser," which strategy should students use to learn the meaning of the italicized word? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 16 Competency 3—Knowledge of literacy processes across genresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following instructional strategies is most effective for enhancing a student's reading comprehension of an academic text? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 17 Competency 3—Knowledge of literacy processes across genresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. When targeting words to be used in vocabulary instruction, the teacher should select words Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 18 Competency 3—Knowledge of literacy processes across genresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. If a text contains transitional signal words such as consequently, therefore, and thus, then that text is most likely illustrating which type of structure? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: D.Question 19 Competency 3—Knowledge of literacy processes across genresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. While reading a novel, a teacher would like students to reflect on the text as they read. Which of the following is the most appropriate method? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: D.Question 20 Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational textsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. What literary device is illustrated by the excerpt below? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A. Question 21 Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational textsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Read the excerpt and answer the question below.
Which literary device is used in this excerpt? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 22 Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational textsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
The allusions the poet makes in this excerpt are to Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: C.Question 23 Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational textsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. An instructional unit including the works of John Keats, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, and Nikki Giovanni exemplifies Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: C.Question 24 Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational textsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. What is the most effective technique for testing students' knowledge and application of literary terms? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: D.Question 25 Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational textsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which type of literature assessment involves small, student-led book discussion groups that the teacher evaluates on collaboration, participation, progress in reading skills, and products? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: B.Question 26 Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational textsDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Select the writer who lived in Eatonville, Florida, who became a member of the Harlem Renaissance, and whose writing reflects her study of anthropology. Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: C.Question 27 Competency 5—Knowledge of critical responses to mediaDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A 10th-grade student has been selected to deliver a speech introducing a local author who has come to speak to an English class. In preparing the speech of introduction, which are the most appropriate guidelines for the student to follow? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.Question 28 Competency 5—Knowledge of critical responses to mediaDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. What resource would be most effective for a teacher to use to help students practice interpreting nonverbal cues as an aid to effective listening? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: C.Question 29 Competency 5—Knowledge of critical responses to mediaDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which statement should a teacher use as an example of a writer's attempt to persuade or manipulate the audience? Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: B.Question 30 Competency 5—Knowledge of critical responses to mediaDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. During a study of political cartoons as commentary, the teacher wants to ensure that students understand the persuasive elements of cartoons. The most effective assignment would be for the students to Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded Correct Response: A.What are some methods you use to check for student understanding?8 Ways to Check for Student Understanding. Interactive notebooks. Encourage your students to be reflective thinkers and check for comprehension with interactive notebooks. ... . Kahoot! ... . Pair up and talk it out. ... . Whiteboard. ... . One-question quiz. ... . Turn the tables. ... . Exit slips. ... . Give students time to reflect.. What is the most common test type used in classroom testing Why?Multiple-choice tests:
it is one of the most common forms of tests that are taken in any classroom. These tests are taken in order to assess the complex concepts as well as the simple understandings of the student.
Which test is used to measure students progress?Summative assessments measure student progress as an assessment of learning and provide data for you, school leaders and district leaders.
Which tests are used to identify student's strengths and weaknesses?Standardized tests, along with interviews, classroom observations, medical examinations, and school records are used to help diagnose students' strengths and weaknesses.
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