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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. To leave one country to live in another






2. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






3. Setting - character - plot






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






5. 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






6. Show high probability of being true






7. Hero or heroine






8. 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






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






10. Pull together summarization - analysis - and interpretation to connect it to what you already know or what you are learning






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






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






13. Your dancing was excellent.






14. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






15. Express praise or flattery






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






17. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






19. Appeal of logic or reason






20. 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






21. Word families






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






23. A comparison - using like or as






24. 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)






25. 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 -






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






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






28. Writing paper






29. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place






30. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






32. Phonetic unit or segment






33. Appeal of emotion






34. 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






35. Humorous play on words






36. Planning - brainstorming - mapping/clustering/webbing - prior knowledge - prewriting - proofreading - drafting - writing - shaping - revising - editing -






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






38. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






39. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. Dramatic conversation alone






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






46. Left to right - visual clues recognized






47. 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






48. A meditation on life and death






49. Vowels and consonants repeat






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