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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A comparison - using like or as






2. Humorous play on words






3. Analysis & study of meanings of words - phrases - and sentences - useful strategy for decoding words used in sentences






4. The audience became silent.






5. Appeal of logic or reason






6. Logos - pathos - ethos






7. A meditation on life and death






8. Read larger units of print - use analogy to decode larger words - fluent decoding - accuracy and speed of reading stressed






9. Short poems from the word lyre 'harp like instrument' - haiku - ode - elegy - sonnet






10. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






11. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






12. Appeal of emotion






13. Process of applying knowledge of letter - sound relationships - blending the sounds represented by letters so as to arrive at the pronunciation of printed words






14. Extensive oral vocabulary contributes by helping reader recognize a word after sounding it out






15. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'






16. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






17. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






18. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






19. Limited: inside the mind of one character - unlimited: third person shifting from one person to another - omniscient: all knowing multiple focal points of varying depths






20. Setting - character - plot






21. Examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning - study of how sentences are formed and the pattern or structure of word order in sentences






22. Contrast in what is stated/expected and what is really meant/happening






23. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






24. Teach and speak at a normal rate in English but use scaffolding - not sheltering English amplifying lessons not simplifying - emphasis on skills that promote thinking - creative - meaning - making individuals who feel they are part of a community of






25. Show high probability of being true






26. Letters associated with sound - read simple CVC words - rhyming






27. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






28. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






29. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






30. Phonetic unit or segment






31. Source of info that aids decoding (phonics - structural analysis - and semantic & syntactical info)






32. Extract and restate that material's main message - literal level






33. Event or detail chronologically out of its proper time in history






34. Serious - elaborate lyric full of high praise and noble feeling developed by the Greeks






35. 2 letters that make 1 sound






36. Strategy to teach reading and spelling that involves a relationship between sounds and written symbols - study and use of sound/spelling correspondences to identify written words






37. English - written words made up of letters that match sounds heard when spoken - corresponding to each other






38. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






39. Greek 'to struggle against': a person or force that opposes the protagonist; an enemy of the hero or heroine 'protagonist'






40. Freedom to pronounce a word with 2 different phonemes without changing the meaning






41. Word families






42. Writing with vowels in each syllable - read chunks or phonograms






43. Unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller words (book) - free morpheme stands alone (lock - man) - bound morphemes must be combined as prefix - suffix - or inflectional endings (locks - man's)






44. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience






45. Repetition of vowel (only) sounds in a group of words close together






46. Means to stand still






47. General to specific - judged true or false - used to apply what is known






48. Clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story or drama - causes suspense and anxiety as plot device and creation of mood






49. A word phrase that has a meaning different from it s usual meaning - 'He lost his head'






50. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning