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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. Words spelled differently that sound alike - to too two






2. Appeal of logic or reason






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






4. To enter a new country to live there






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






6. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






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






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






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






11. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






12. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






14. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






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






17. Writing paper






18. To leave one country to live in another






19. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






20. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






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. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






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






28. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






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






31. Express praise or flattery






32. Humorous play on words






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






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






35. A word opposite in meaning to another word






36. Setting - character - plot






37. 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






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






39. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






40. 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






41. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






43. Complete or to supplement






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






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






46. 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)






47. Appeal of emotion






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






49. 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






50. Use pitch syntactically