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






2. Combining sounds to pronounce words 'sounding it out'






3. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






4. 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






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






6. A meditation on life and death






7. Speech sound produced by partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any various constrictions of speech organs (not vowels)






8. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






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






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






12. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






13. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






14. Means to stand still






15. Setting - character - plot






16. To leave one country to live in another






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






18. False impression






19. Vowels and consonants repeat






20. Show high probability of being true






21. One person talking with others around






22. Word families






23. 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 -






24. 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






25. Demonstrates truth






26. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






28. Appeal of emotion






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






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






31. Analysis & study of meanings of words - phrases - and sentences - useful strategy for decoding words used in sentences






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






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






34. The audience became silent.






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






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






37. Contrast in what is stated/expected and what is really meant/happening






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






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






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






41. Pull together summarization - analysis - and interpretation to connect it to what you already know or what you are learning






42. Phonetic unit or segment






43. A story told in the words of one person






44. Dramatic conversation alone






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






46. 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)






47. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






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