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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. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






2. Consider the whole - break it into its components parts






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






4. Humorous play on words






5. Phonetic unit or segment






6. Appeal of emotion






7. 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






8. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






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






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






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






13. False impression






14. Express praise or flattery






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






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






17. To leave one country to live in another






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






19. Strategy to teach reading and spelling that involves a relationship between sounds and written symbols - study and use of sound/spelling correspondences to identify written words






20. 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)






21. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






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






23. Planning - brainstorming - mapping/clustering/webbing - prior knowledge - prewriting - proofreading - drafting - writing - shaping - revising - editing -






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






25. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






26. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






27. Hero or heroine






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






29. 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






30. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






31. Examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning - study of how sentences are formed and the pattern or structure of word order in sentences






32. A comparison - using like or as






33. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






35. Limited: inside the mind of one character - unlimited: third person shifting from one person to another - omniscient: all knowing multiple focal points of varying depths






36. Means to stand still






37. A word phrase that has a meaning different from it s usual meaning - 'He lost his head'






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






39. To enter a new country to live there






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






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






42. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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. Left to right - visual clues recognized






45. A story told in the words of one person






46. Appeal of logic or reason






47. Show high probability of being true






48. A meditation on life and death






49. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






50. A word opposite in meaning to another word