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






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






3. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






4. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






7. 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






8. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






9. Complete or to supplement






10. Vowels and consonants repeat






11. Appeal of logic or reason






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






13. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






14. Demonstrates truth






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






16. Person place or thing






17. A comparison - using like or as






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






19. Dramatic conversation alone






20. 2 letters that make 1 sound






21. Phonetic unit or segment






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






23. 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






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






25. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






26. Show high probability of being true






27. Intonation stress (word - sentence - phrase) pitch






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






29. 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 -






30. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






31. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






32. 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






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






34. Express praise or flattery






35. 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






36. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






37. 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)






38. To leave one country to live in another






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






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






41. Setting - character - plot






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






43. Humorous play on words






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






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






46. Your dancing was excellent.






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






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






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






50. 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)