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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






2. Demonstrates truth






3. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






5. 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)






6. To enter a new country to live there






7. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






8. One person talking with others around






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






10. Humorous play on words






11. Person place or thing






12. Appeal of logic or reason






13. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






15. 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






16. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






18. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






19. Writing paper






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






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






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






23. A meditation on life and death






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






25. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






26. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






28. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






30. Your dancing was excellent.






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






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






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






34. Word families






35. 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






36. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






37. Express praise or flattery






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






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






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






41. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'






42. 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






43. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






44. Hero or heroine






45. Dramatic conversation alone






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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)