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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. 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






2. Your dancing was excellent.






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






4. Express praise or flattery






5. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






7. A story told in the words of one person






8. Judge the quality of the material on its own and as holds up in your synthesis or it with related material






9. To leave one country to live in another






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






11. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






12. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






13. 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






14. Logos - pathos - ethos






15. Words spelled differently that sound alike - to too two






16. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






18. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






21. 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






22. Appeal of emotion






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






24. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






25. 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






26. False impression






27. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






28. A meditation on life and death






29. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






31. Appeal of logic or reason






32. Humorous play on words






33. Speech sound produced by partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any various constrictions of speech organs (not vowels)






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






35. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






36. Complete or to supplement






37. To enter a new country to live there






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






39. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






41. Word families






42. Demonstrates truth






43. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






44. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






45. The audience became silent.






46. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






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






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






49. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






50. A comparison - using like or as