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The Praxis 5047 exam has 112 questions and runs 2 hours 40 minutes.
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Read the passage. "Every Sunday for eleven months, Marcus left a letter on the hall table for the mail carrier. Dele had never written back. Marcus wrote anyway - about the flooded soccer field, about the neighbor's loud dog, about nothing at all. In August, an envelope arrived bearing a Lagos postmark." Which statement BEST expresses a theme of the passage?
Correct answer: B - Devotion can outlast the silence that tests it
Read the passage. "When cities swapped sodium streetlights for LEDs, the promised savings arrived almost immediately. Less expected were the complaints that followed: residents reported sleeping poorly, and astronomers reported losing the night sky. Several cities have since begun retrofitting the retrofit, adding filters and dimming schedules to fixtures installed only a few years earlier." Which statement BEST expresses the central idea of the passage?
Correct answer: D - A well-intended change brought drawbacks now being addressed
Read the passage. "The waiting room had been painted a yellow that must once have been cheerful. Now it held the light badly. Behind the wall, a clock ticked at a pace that seemed slightly wrong." The description of the room primarily establishes the passage's:
Correct answer: A - mood, by creating a sense of unease in the reader
Read the passage. "Nadia set her bag on the counter and looked around the empty shop. She asked the manager how old the building was. When he offered to show her around, she walked to the storeroom door before he could point to it." Which detail BEST supports the conclusion that Nadia has been inside this building before?
Correct answer: D - She walked to the storeroom door before he could point to it
Read the passage and the student summary that follows. Passage: "The 1889 flood destroyed the lower town in under an hour. Survivors credited the church bell, which a nightwatchman rang until the water reached the belfry stairs. He did not survive. The town rebuilt on higher ground and kept the cracked bell in the new square." Student summary: "In 1889 a flood destroyed the lower town within an hour. A nightwatchman rang the church bell to warn residents and died doing so. This was the most heroic act in the town's history. The town rebuilt on higher ground and kept the cracked bell." Which is the MOST significant weakness in the student's summary?
Correct answer: A - It inserts a judgment the passage does not make
A writer has just completed a full sentence and wants to introduce three examples that illustrate it. Which punctuation mark should follow that sentence, and why?
Correct answer: C - A colon, because a complete sentence may introduce examples
A student finds this sentence in a source: "Urban gardens reduce neighborhood food costs and strengthen community ties." In her paper she writes: "City gardens lower neighborhood food prices and strengthen community bonds," and she cites the source. Her use of the material is:
Correct answer: C - unacceptable, because the source's sentence structure remains
A columnist writes: "The district adopted new reading software in September. By June, test scores had risen four points. The software works." The columnist's reasoning is flawed because it:
Correct answer: B - assumes that because one event followed another, it caused it
A student reads aloud accurately and at an appropriate rate but cannot retell or summarize what she has just read. Which instructional focus is MOST appropriate?
Correct answer: A - Explicit instruction in comprehension monitoring strategies
A seventh grader submits a first draft of an argumentative essay. The draft has a vague claim and paragraphs that jump between ideas, and it also contains several comma splices. Which feedback should the teacher prioritize?
Correct answer: C - Focusing on the vague claim and weak organization before sentence errors
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