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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'






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






3. A story told in the words of one person






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






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






6. Your dancing was excellent.






7. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






8. Express praise or flattery






9. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






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






12. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






13. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






15. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Humorous play on words






24. Setting - character - plot






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






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






27. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






30. Show high probability of being true






31. 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






32. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






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






35. Hero or heroine






36. Extensive oral vocabulary contributes by helping reader recognize a word after sounding it out






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






38. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






39. False impression






40. Means to stand still






41. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






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






44. A word opposite in meaning to another word






45. Writing paper






46. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






47. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






49. Repetition of vowel (only) sounds in a group of words close together






50. Word families







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