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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






2. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






4. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






6. Left to right - visual clues recognized






7. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






9. 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






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






11. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Word families






21. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






23. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






25. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






27. Appeal of emotion






28. One person talking with others around






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






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






31. 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






32. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






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






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






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






38. To leave one country to live in another






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






40. Contrast in what is stated/expected and what is really meant/happening






41. A comparison - using like or as






42. Humorous play on words






43. To enter a new country to live there






44. Writing paper






45. 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






46. 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)






47. Your dancing was excellent.






48. False impression






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






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







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