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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Used to describe one thing in terms of something else - not intended to be taken literally






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






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






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






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






6. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






7. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






9. Means to stand still






10. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






11. Vowels and consonants repeat






12. 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)






13. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






14. Dramatic conversation alone






15. Complete or to supplement






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






17. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






19. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






20. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






21. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






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






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






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






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






27. Left to right - visual clues recognized






28. To enter a new country to live there






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






30. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






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






33. 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






34. A comparison - using like or as






35. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






36. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






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






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






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






41. One person talking with others around






42. Person place or thing






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






44. Writing paper






45. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






46. Action






47. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






48. 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






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






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