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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






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






6. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






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






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






9. Left to right - visual clues recognized






10. Appeal of emotion






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






12. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






15. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






17. A word opposite in meaning to another word






18. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






20. Logos - pathos - ethos






21. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






22. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






23. 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






24. Word families






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






26. Complete or to supplement






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






28. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






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






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






32. Dramatic conversation alone






33. Express praise or flattery






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






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






36. False impression






37. Demonstrates truth






38. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






40. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






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






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






44. Use pitch syntactically






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






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






47. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






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






50. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)