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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
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1. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






2. Show high probability of being true






3. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






5. Hero or heroine






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






7. The audience became silent.






8. A story told in the words of one person






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






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






11. Dramatic conversation alone






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






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






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






15. Use pitch syntactically






16. 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






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






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






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






20. A meditation on life and death






21. Means to stand still






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






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






24. To enter a new country to live there






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






26. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






27. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






28. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






30. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






31. Humorous play on words






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






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






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






35. Word families






36. To leave one country to live in another






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






38. 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 -






39. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






45. Writing paper






46. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






47. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






49. Vowels and consonants repeat






50. 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