TExES 7-12 English Language Arts and Reading (331) practice test

A teacher models stopping at intervals during a difficult text to ask questions, summarize, and predict, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning. This instructional approach is best described as:

A teacher guides students through the writing process. The stage of the writing process focused specifically on correcting spelling, punctuation, and grammar is:

A teacher reviews sentence structure. In the sentence "Although the rain continued, the team finished the game," the clause "Although the rain continued" is best identified as a:

A teacher introduces a unit on a literary genre defined by elevated language, division into stanzas, and a heightened attention to sound and imagery. This genre is:

A teacher helps students determine the meaning of the unfamiliar word benevolent by examining the Latin root bene. Knowing that bene means good or well, students can infer that benevolent most nearly means:

A teacher analyzes a persuasive speech with students. When a speaker supports a claim by citing the speaker's own credentials and trustworthy character, the speaker is appealing primarily to:

A teacher discusses a short story in which an early description of dark clouds gathering hints at the tragedy that will occur later. This technique is best identified as:

A teacher wants to assess a struggling reader's comprehension by having the student read a passage and then retell it. The teacher should evaluate the retelling primarily for:

A teacher examines an author's choice to narrate a story using the pronoun I and limiting the reader to one character's knowledge and perceptions. This point of view is:

A teacher asks students to identify the theme of a novel. A theme is best understood as:

A teacher reviews punctuation. The sentence "The students brought their books, but they forgot their notebooks" correctly uses a comma before the word but because but is:

A teacher introduces a unit on Shakespearean tragedy. A tragic hero, as conceived in classical and Shakespearean tragedy, is typically a character of high standing who:

A teacher guides students in evaluating online sources for a research paper. The most reliable indicator that a source is credible is that it:

A teacher discusses figurative language and explains that the expression "It is raining cats and dogs" should not be taken literally. An expression whose meaning cannot be derived from the literal meaning of its words is called:

A teacher asks students to analyze the organizational structure of an informational article that presents a problem and then describes several possible solutions. This text structure is best identified as:

A teacher works with a secondary student who reads accurately but slowly, word by word, with little expression. To build reading fluency, an effective strategy is:

A teacher analyzes a poem with the line "The buzzing bees swept past the breeze." The repetition of the s and z sounds within and at the ends of nearby words is an example of:

A teacher teaches argumentative writing. A strong argumentative essay must include a clear claim and also:

A teacher has students with a wide range of reading levels in one English class. To support all readers during a literature unit, an effective approach is to: