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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. Appeal of logic or reason






2. 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 -






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






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






5. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






7. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






8. A story told in the words of one person






9. Writing paper






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






11. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






12. Word families






13. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






15. Does not use like or as - direct comparison of one thing spoken of as though it were something else






16. 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






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






18. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






19. 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






20. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






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






22. Person place or thing






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






24. Humorous play on words






25. A word that is close in meaning to another word






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






27. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






28. Use pitch syntactically






29. Setting - character - plot






30. Your dancing was excellent.






31. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






32. 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






33. Dramatic conversation alone






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






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






36. Hero or heroine






37. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






38. Show high probability of being true






39. The audience became silent.






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






41. Express praise or flattery






42. 2 letters that make 1 sound






43. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






44. Writing with vowels in each syllable - read chunks or phonograms






45. To enter a new country to live there






46. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






48. 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






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






50. Action