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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. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






3. False impression






4. 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)






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






6. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






8. 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 -






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






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






11. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






12. Hero or heroine






13. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






14. 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






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






16. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






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






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






20. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






21. 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






22. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






23. Your dancing was excellent.






24. Demonstrates truth






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






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






27. A story told in the words of one person






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






29. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






31. Use pitch syntactically






32. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






33. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






35. 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






36. Word families






37. Dramatic conversation alone






38. Express praise or flattery






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






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






41. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






43. 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






44. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






46. Writing paper






47. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






49. Setting - character - plot






50. A meditation on life and death