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CSET Reading Language Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. English - written words made up of letters that match sounds heard when spoken - corresponding to each other
analyze
couplet
concepts of print
alphabetic principle
2. Word families
homonyms
phonogram
verb
diphthong
3. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place
compliment
allusion
complement
intonation languages
4. Hero or heroine
protagonist
Logic (writing)
idiom
dependent clause (subordinate)
5. Short poems from the word lyre 'harp like instrument' - haiku - ode - elegy - sonnet
state of being
sonnet
didactic
lyric
6. 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)
couplet
decoding skills
morpheme
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
7. A meditation on life and death
blending
suprasegmentals
elegy
soliloquy
8. Use pitch syntactically
synonym
intonation languages
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
4 modes of discourse (writing)
9. Judge the quality of the material on its own and as holds up in your synthesis or it with related material
voiceless sounds
assess critically
decoding skills
adjective
10. Demonstrates truth
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
3 models of appeal
Logic (writing)
noun
11. Writing with vowels in each syllable - read chunks or phonograms
idiom
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
ethos
phonemic awareness
12. 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
onomatopeia
antagonist
minimal pairs
syntax
13. Adds to the meaning of a verb - another adverb - adj. - or whole sentence. 'I'll finish 'in a minute''
morpheme
synonym
adverb
voiced sounds
14. 2 letters that make 1 sound
kinds of poetry
blend
assess critically
anachronism
15. Event or detail chronologically out of its proper time in history
3 essential elements of a novel
anachronism
imagery
summarize
16. 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 -
immigrate to
full rhyme
blooms taxonomy
relative clause (subordinate)
17. General to specific - judged true or false - used to apply what is known
irony
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
morpheme
deductive reasoning
18. Extract and restate that material's main message - literal level
tone languages
summarize
iamb
clause
19. To enter a new country to live there
didactic
immigrate to
state of being
phone
20. Complete or to supplement
anachronism
complement
pun
noun
21. Speech sound produced by partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any various constrictions of speech organs (not vowels)
phonology
foreshadowing
consonant
antonym
22. Used to describe one thing in terms of something else - not intended to be taken literally
syntax
phonics
figurative language
voiceless sounds
23. Greek 'to struggle against': a person or force that opposes the protagonist; an enemy of the hero or heroine 'protagonist'
antagonist
allusion
Narrative
phonology
24. A word phrase that has a meaning different from it s usual meaning - 'He lost his head'
idiom
adverb
allusion
pun
25. Written/printed representation of a phoneme (speech sound)
third person point of view
stationary
figurative language
grapheme
26. Express praise or flattery
Analogy
stationary
writing process
compliment
27. Read larger units of print - use analogy to decode larger words - fluent decoding - accuracy and speed of reading stressed
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
4 modes of discourse (writing)
clause
didactic
28. Phonetic unit or segment
allophones
cueing system
analyze
phone
29. Left to right - visual clues recognized
assess critically
phonology
intonation languages
Pre - alphabetic (preK- K) reading development
30. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry
couplet
cueing system
simile
writing process
31. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense
ethos
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
minimal pairs
morpheme
32. Repetition of vowel (only) sounds in a group of words close together
assonance
relative clause (subordinate)
kinds of poetry
semantics
33. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5
phonology
haiku
foreshadowing
imagery
34. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'
pathos
Ballads
inductive reasoning
adjective
35. Intonation stress (word - sentence - phrase) pitch
suprasegmentals
noun
synonym
adverb
36. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience
alphabetic principle
antonym
imagery
vowel
37. 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
simile
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
phone
decoding skills
38. Adjective clause - subject & predicate - cannot stand alone - modifies subject with relative pronoun or adverb
phonemic awareness
relative clause (subordinate)
couplet
blooms taxonomy
39. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning
alphabetic principle
writing process
tone languages
clause
40. A word that is close in meaning to another word
synonym
phonics
morpheme
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
41. New vowel sounds produced by two vowels (OY in boy - I in buy)
voiceless sounds
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
summarize
diphthong
42. Writing paper
stationery
metaphor
concepts of print
sonnet
43. 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
full rhyme
foreshadowing
homonyms
blooms taxonomy
44. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare
analyze
assess critically
Dramatic
imagery
45. Your dancing was excellent.
state of being
dependent clause (subordinate)
kinds of poetry
syntax
46. Tell shorter stories about a particular person
independent clause (main)
phone
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
Ballads
47. Words spelled differently that sound alike - to too two
Ballads
third person point of view
homonyms
decoding skills
48. Person place or thing
noun
illusion
decoding skills
ethos
49. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence
independent clause (main)
blending
full rhyme
cueing system
50. Technique commonly used by poets in which the sound of a word imitates a natural sound
pathos
ethos
syntax
onomatopeia