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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






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






3. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






5. Action






6. Writing paper






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






8. Smallest sound unit of speech - /b/ in book - segments used to differentiate between meanings of words - required understanding of phonological rules of the language for knowing how to produce words






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






10. Phonetic unit or segment






11. Express praise or flattery






12. 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






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






14. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






15. 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






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






17. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






18. Appeal of emotion






19. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






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






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






23. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






24. Hero or heroine






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






26. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






27. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






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






30. Segment of linguistic science that deals with speech sounds - how sounds are made vocally - sound changes which develop in languages - and the relation of speech sounds to the total language process






31. Demonstrates truth






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






33. Logos - pathos - ethos






34. Use pitch syntactically






35. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






36. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






37. Specific to general conclusion - reliable or unreliable - used to discover something new






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






39. Read 'between the lines' make inferences about unstated assumptions implied by material






40. Consider the whole - break it into its components parts






41. 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






42. Show high probability of being true






43. The audience became silent.






44. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






46. Long poems that describe a deed of heroes in battle or conflicts between human beings and natural and divine forces






47. Written/printed representation of a phoneme (speech sound)






48. A comparison - using like or as






49. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






50. Knowledge (recall & recognize - comprehend (changes into a different symbolic form - application (solves a problem using info & appropriate generalization - synthesis (solves a problem by collaboration of information and original creative thinking -