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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






3. Phonetic unit or segment






4. Appeal of logic or reason






5. 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 -






6. Long poems that describe a deed of heroes in battle or conflicts between human beings and natural and divine forces






7. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






8. A story told in the words of one person






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






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






11. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






13. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






14. 2 letters that make 1 sound






15. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






16. Use pitch syntactically






17. A comparison - using like or as






18. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






20. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






21. Show high probability of being true






22. 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






23. Action






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






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






26. 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)






27. Express praise or flattery






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






29. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






30. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience






31. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






32. 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






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






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






35. False impression






36. 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






37. Demonstrates truth






38. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






46. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






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






49. Complete or to supplement






50. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'