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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Long poems that describe a deed of heroes in battle or conflicts between human beings and natural and divine forces






2. Your dancing was excellent.






3. 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






4. Means to stand still






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






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






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






8. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






10. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






11. The audience became silent.






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






13. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






14. Action






15. Complete or to supplement






16. 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






17. 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 -






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






19. Word families






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






21. 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






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






23. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






24. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






25. Left to right - visual clues recognized






26. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






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






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






31. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






33. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






35. 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






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






37. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






39. 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






40. 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)






41. A comparison - using like or as






42. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






43. 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






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






45. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






47. Express praise or flattery






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






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






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







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