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






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






3. 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






4. Dramatic conversation alone






5. A word that is close in meaning to another word






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






7. 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






8. Setting - character - plot






9. The audience became silent.






10. Hero or heroine






11. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






14. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






15. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






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






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






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






19. Your dancing was excellent.






20. Writing paper






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






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






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






24. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






25. Express praise or flattery






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






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






28. 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






29. Word families






30. False impression






31. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






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






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






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






36. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






37. To enter a new country to live there






38. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






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






41. 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)






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






43. Action






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






45. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






46. Study of morphemes & their variants allomorphs - and word formation - combining morphemes






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






48. The pattern of unaccented followed by accented syllables that form the basis of a poem's rhythm






49. Appeal of logic or reason






50. 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