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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Your dancing was excellent.






2. Hero or heroine






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






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






5. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






8. Setting - character - plot






9. 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






10. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






12. Dramatic conversation alone






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






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






15. To leave one country to live in another






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






17. Demonstrates truth






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






19. One person talking with others around






20. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






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






23. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






24. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






26. Appeal of emotion






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






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






29. Express praise or flattery






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






31. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






32. 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






33. Person place or thing






34. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






35. Left to right - visual clues recognized






36. A comparison - using like or as






37. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






38. False impression






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






40. Appeal of logic or reason






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






42. A meditation on life and death






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The audience became silent.






48. Action






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






50. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning