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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 word that is close in meaning to another word






2. One person talking with others around






3. Intonation stress (word - sentence - phrase) pitch






4. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






5. Does not use like or as - direct comparison of one thing spoken of as though it were something else






6. Vowels and consonants repeat






7. Technique commonly used by poets in which the sound of a word imitates a natural sound






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






9. Left to right - visual clues recognized






10. Pull together summarization - analysis - and interpretation to connect it to what you already know or what you are learning






11. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






13. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






14. Conventions - lft - rt - top - bottom - spaces between words -






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






16. System and pattern of speech sounds - knowledge of sound patterns is part of the grammar since you create 'meaningful units'






17. 2 different forms which are identical in every way except for 1 sound segment that occurs in the same place in the string (sink - zink - pink/ hit - hat - hot






18. Used to describe one thing in terms of something else - not intended to be taken literally






19. 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






20. Person noun - takes a nouns place 'I - you - they - her - its - ours'






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






22. Speech sound created by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity - usually forming the most prominent and central sound of a syllable (A - E - I - O - U - Y)






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






24. Understanding that phonemes (sounds) make up spoken words - including the ability to blend - segment and manipulate phonemes in spoken words - auditory without the inclusion or use of print






25. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






26. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






28. Dramatic conversation alone






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






30. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place






31. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






32. Appeal of logic or reason






33. Adjective clause - subject & predicate - cannot stand alone - modifies subject with relative pronoun or adverb






34. Humorous play on words






35. Planning - brainstorming - mapping/clustering/webbing - prior knowledge - prewriting - proofreading - drafting - writing - shaping - revising - editing -






36. Person place or thing






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






38. 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






39. New vowel sounds produced by two vowels (OY in boy - I in buy)






40. Phonetic unit or segment






41. A comparison - using like or as






42. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






43. Writing paper






44. Adds to the meaning of a verb - another adverb - adj. - or whole sentence. 'I'll finish 'in a minute''






45. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






47. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






48. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






49. To enter a new country to live there






50. 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)