Question 1

Research suggests that for students in grades three and up, the activity which leads to the greatest growth in vocabulary is:

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reading

Question 2

Fourth grade teacher Anna Scott was frustrated. The poorest readers in her class read very few books while the most capable readers read many books and enlarged their vocabularies. This situation is an example of the:

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Matthew Effect

Question 3

A teacher has been encouraging her students to enliven their writing by using words that have nearly the same meaning as the tired words they have been using. This teacher should give a lesson in using:

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synonyms

Question 4

Sets of words such as deer and dear and blue and blew are known as:

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homophones

Question 5

When eight year old Eli encountered a word that he didn\'t know, he used the surrounding words and sentences to determine its meaning. In that situation, Eli used:

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context clues

Question 6

The term which refers to the history of a word is:

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etymology

Question 7

Words that express opposite meanings are known as:

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antonyms

Question 8

Because a group of third grade students have difficulty using dictionaries to find the definitions they need, their teacher should:

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model techniques for reading and using dictionary entries

Question 9

Expressions which must be translated figuratively such as \" raining cats and dogs\", \" chip off the old block\", and \" skeleton in the closet\" are known as:

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idioms

Question 10

While reading about the Olympic Games, a fourth grade class made a list of sports related words and then made a grid to classify the words according to their distinguishing characteristics. Those students participated in aNo:

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semantic feature analysis

Question 11

The best way to teach students to use context clues is to use:

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modeling

Question 12

When the words subway and submarine appeared in a text, the teacher helped the children break the words apart. They then examined other words that began with sub. These children participated in a:

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morphemic analysis

Question 13

To use classroom word walls most effectively, teachers should:

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add new words each day to meet the students\' needs

Question 14

Research suggests that:

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students with larger vocabularies tend to be more capable readers

Question 15

When introducing new words, sixth grade teacher Terri Crowley alerts her students if the new words were derived from the Spanish, French, or Latin languages. Effective teachers have found that knowing a word\'s history helps students to:

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spell the word correctly

Question 16

To help his students engage in word-study activities, an effective teacher has decided to teach his students to use:

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semantic feature analysis

Question 17

The expression quiet as a mouse is an example of a:

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simile

Question 18

The primary reason why teachers should devote instructional time to the study of similes and  metaphors is to help students:

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make their writing more vivid

Question 19

A third grade teacher taught a lesson using pairs of words such as dull and sharp, hot and cold, and easy and hard. This lesson focused upon:

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antonyms

Question 20

Effective teachers use minilessons to teach students about specific words. These minilessons:

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can be provided before or after students read the text

Question 21

Which of the following is not true regarding incidental word learning?

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Most words students learn are taught directly and explicitly.

Question 22

Which of the following is the least effective way to evaluate students\' vocabulary knowledge?

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formal tests

Question 23

Words that are frequently used in language arts, social studies, science, and math are called:

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academic vocabulary

Question 24

The three tiers of words as described by Beck, McKeown, and Kucan (2002) are:

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basic words, academic vocabulary, and specialized terms

Question 25

As teachers choose words for instruction and word-study activities, they focus on:

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tier 2 words

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