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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The pattern of unaccented followed by accented syllables that form the basis of a poem's rhythm






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






3. Means to stand still






4. 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 -






5. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






7. The audience became silent.






8. Your dancing was excellent.






9. To leave one country to live in another






10. A meditation on life and death






11. Phonetic unit or segment






12. Appeal of emotion






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






14. Person place or thing






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






16. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






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






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






20. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






22. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






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






25. Use pitch syntactically






26. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






28. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






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






31. Setting - character - plot






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






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






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






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






36. Complete or to supplement






37. Vowels and consonants repeat






38. Humorous play on words






39. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






40. Hero or heroine






41. Appeal of logic or reason






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






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






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






45. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






46. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






47. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






50. Express praise or flattery