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






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






3. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






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






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






7. A comparison - using like or as






8. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






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






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






12. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






13. The audience became silent.






14. 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






15. 2 letters that make 1 sound






16. Technique commonly used by poets in which the sound of a word imitates a natural sound






17. A story told in the words of one person






18. A meditation on life and death






19. Hero or heroine






20. Demonstrates truth






21. 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






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






23. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






25. Means to stand still






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






27. Unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller words (book) - free morpheme stands alone (lock - man) - bound morphemes must be combined as prefix - suffix - or inflectional endings (locks - man's)






28. Express praise or flattery






29. Logos - pathos - ethos






30. Your dancing was excellent.






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. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






33. Word families






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






40. False impression






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






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






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






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






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






46. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






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






49. Action






50. 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