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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. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






2. Use pitch syntactically






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






4. A story told in the words of one person






5. False impression






6. 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






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






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






9. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






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






12. 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






13. Logos - pathos - ethos






14. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






15. Demonstrates truth






16. One person talking with others around






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






18. Writing paper






19. Express praise or flattery






20. Appeal of logic or reason






21. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






28. Left to right - visual clues recognized






29. 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






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






31. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






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






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






36. A word opposite in meaning to another word






37. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






39. Your dancing was excellent.






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






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






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






43. A comparison - using like or as






44. 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






45. To leave one country to live in another






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






47. To enter a new country to live there






48. Setting - character - plot






49. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






50. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -