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






3. Means to stand still






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






5. False impression






6. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






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






9. A meditation on life and death






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






11. Vowels and consonants repeat






12. 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)






13. Phonetic unit or segment






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






15. Appeal of emotion






16. Words spelled differently that sound alike - to too two






17. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






18. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






20. 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)






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






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






23. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. To enter a new country to live there






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






29. Complete or to supplement






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






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






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






33. One person talking with others around






34. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






35. Logos - pathos - ethos






36. The audience became silent.






37. Your dancing was excellent.






38. Word families






39. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






40. A word opposite in meaning to another word






41. 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






42. Humorous play on words






43. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






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






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






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






48. Hero or heroine






49. 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 -






50. 2 letters that make 1 sound