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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. Word families






2. Appeal of logic or reason






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






4. Your dancing was excellent.






5. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






6. Hero or heroine






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






8. 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)






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






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






11. Person place or thing






12. To enter a new country to live there






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






19. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






21. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






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






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






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






26. Express praise or flattery






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






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






29. 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 -






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






31. A word that is close in meaning to another word






32. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






34. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience






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






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






37. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






43. Phonetic unit or segment






44. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






46. 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






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






48. One person talking with others around






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






50. Logos - pathos - ethos