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Praxis II Grammar/Writing a

Grammar/Writing

Question:

Is evolution, comprehension, application or synthesis the most difficult?


Answer:

Evolution/it incorporates the other thinking strategies



Question:

What are the most used forms of analysis in college writing?


Answer:

Comparing/Contrasting/explaining Cause/Effect Relationships and analyzing



Question:

What is the most commonly used synthesis strategy in college writing?


Answer:

Proposing a solution to some problems or situation



Question:

Examples of the exploratory discourse aim


Answer:

A white paper/opinion survey/annotated bibliography/problem solution



Question:

Examples of the informative discourse aim


Answer:

News & magazine articles/reports/encyclopedia articles



Grammar/Writing

Question:

Juxtaposing words/phrases/sentences with opposite meaning/balancing these to add insight "That's one small step fro man, one giant step for mankind."


Answer:

Antithesis



Question:

What is clustering illusion?


Answer:

Cognitive bias of attributing cause/effect patterns to random/unrelated events



Question:

What is an octive (8 lined) and a sestat, w/the transition from former to lttr signaling a major change?


Answer:

Petrarchan Sonnet form



Question:

The three Cuing System


Answer:

The Syntactic/Phonological/Semantic Systems



Question:

What is the study of languge used socially for communication?


Answer:

Pragmatics



Grammar/Writing

Question:

Piaget's term for mental constructs we form to uderstand the world 


Answer:

Schemata



Question:

Describe fossilization


Answer:

When some incorrect forms a learner of a second language has developed is not corrected over time, but becomes fixed.



Question:

Name the huge shift in the phonemics of English punctuation that occurred from the 15th and 18th centuries in all plaes where English was spoken/written.


Answer:

The Great Vowel Shift



Question:

What is a portmanteau word/example?


Answer:

Two or more words, like brunch is a blend of breakfast and lunch



Question:

What is an example of clipping?


Answer:

Shortening a word/ie-facsimile



Grammar/Writing

Question:

What is neologism?


Answer:

New words sometimes invented by people which then become parts f our vocab.



Question:

Correct sequence of the writing stage


Answer:

After prewriting/drafting/revising/editing/publishing



Question:

Collect finished work products from a student over time, eventually assembling a portfolio of work/a more authentic assessment


Answer:

Portfolio Assessment



Question:

Scoring a piece of writing for overall quality/evaluating for general elements such as focus/organization/support/conventions rather than being overly concerned with individual aspect of writing.


Answer:

Holistic Scoring



Question:

A guide that gives examples of the levelsof typical characteristics in a piece of writing that corresponds to each available 1-5.


Answer:

Scoring Rubric



Grammar/Writing

Question:

In MLA when do you use "et al" in in-text citations?


Answer:

When there are four or more authors



Question:

What is one way to grab reader's attention in an introduction?


Answer:

Cite a statistic



Question:

Define voice and style


Answer:

Voice-who the reader hears speaking in the writing/the way the writer uses to express his/her tone.

Style-the effect a writer creates through languages/mechanics/attitude/or the sound/impressions of the writing.

 



Question:

Three purposes for student journals


Answer:

1. Informal record of thoughts/experiences/ and is generally kept for private use.

2. Students may be less likely to observe the formal rules of mechanics/rhetorical strategies demanded in more formal writing.

3. Evaluating students in this way is not appropriate.



Question:

To best encourage students to initiate discussion within their groups, the teacher should provide what?


Answer:

List of sample questions related to the text