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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dramatic conversation alone






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






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






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






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






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






7. Humorous play on words






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






9. Logos - pathos - ethos






10. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






11. One person talking with others around






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






13. To enter a new country to live there






14. The audience became silent.






15. Specific to general conclusion - reliable or unreliable - used to discover something new






16. Consider the whole - break it into its components parts






17. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






19. Complete or to supplement






20. Use pitch syntactically






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






22. Means to stand still






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






24. Setting - character - plot






25. 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






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






27. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






28. 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)






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






30. 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






31. Adjective clause - subject & predicate - cannot stand alone - modifies subject with relative pronoun or adverb






32. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






34. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






36. 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






37. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






38. Express praise or flattery






39. Person place or thing






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






42. To leave one country to live in another






43. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






44. A story told in the words of one person






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






46. False impression






47. A comparison - using like or as






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






49. 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






50. Show high probability of being true