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






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






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






4. Your dancing was excellent.






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






6. Dramatic conversation alone






7. Means to stand still






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






9. Person place or thing






10. 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






11. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






13. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






14. Logos - pathos - ethos






15. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






16. Action






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






18. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






19. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






20. 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 -






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






22. Word families






23. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






25. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






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






28. One person talking with others around






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






30. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Appeal of emotion






37. Appeal of logic or reason






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






39. Complete or to supplement






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






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






42. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






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






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






46. Writing paper






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






48. A meditation on life and death






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






50. 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