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






2. To enter a new country to live there






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






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






5. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






6. The audience became silent.






7. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






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






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






11. 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






12. A meditation on life and death






13. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






15. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






17. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






19. Person place or thing






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






21. 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






22. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






23. Hero or heroine






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






32. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






33. 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






34. To leave one country to live in another






35. 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






36. Humorous play on words






37. 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)






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






39. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






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






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






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






44. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






45. One person talking with others around






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






47. 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






48. 2 letters that make 1 sound






49. 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






50. Word families