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CSET Reading Language Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used to describe one thing in terms of something else - not intended to be taken literally
clause
voiceless sounds
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
figurative language
2. Read larger units of print - use analogy to decode larger words - fluent decoding - accuracy and speed of reading stressed
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
soliloquy
voiced sounds
figurative language
3. Source of info that aids decoding (phonics - structural analysis - and semantic & syntactical info)
cueing system
anachronism
phonology
adjective
4. Technique commonly used by poets in which the sound of a word imitates a natural sound
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
onomatopeia
metaphor
ode
5. Analysis & study of meanings of words - phrases - and sentences - useful strategy for decoding words used in sentences
synthesize
Narrative
semantics
interpret
6. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems
Logic (writing)
sonnet
assonance
independent clause (main)
7. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -
assess critically
morphology
clause
iamb
8. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'
decoding skills
voiceless sounds
adjective
assess critically
9. Means to stand still
stationary
figurative language
iamb
antonym
10. Tell shorter stories about a particular person
Ballads
adverb
Epics
blooms taxonomy
11. Vowels and consonants repeat
immigrate to
figurative language
full rhyme
inductive reasoning
12. 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)
irony
iamb
synonym
morpheme
13. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities
stationery
tone languages
4 modes of discourse (writing)
Analogy
14. Dramatic conversation alone
anachronism
soliloquy
verb
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
15. Complete or to supplement
complement
voiced sounds
figurative language
third person point of view
16. Read 'between the lines' make inferences about unstated assumptions implied by material
digraph
foreshadowing
independent clause (main)
interpret
17. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating
occurrence
analyze
ode
voiced sounds
18. Judge the quality of the material on its own and as holds up in your synthesis or it with related material
assess critically
relative clause (subordinate)
third person point of view
analyze
19. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES
allophones
imagery
noun
stationery
20. Lyric - narrative - dramatic
stationary
synthesize
free variation
kinds of poetry
21. 2 letters that make 1 sound
irony
blend
analyze
vowel
22. Conventions - lft - rt - top - bottom - spaces between words -
concepts of print
Narrative
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
noun
23. English - written words made up of letters that match sounds heard when spoken - corresponding to each other
anachronism
verb
alphabetic principle
immigrate to
24. Writing with vowels in each syllable - read chunks or phonograms
synonym
state of being
imagery
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
25. Short poems from the word lyre 'harp like instrument' - haiku - ode - elegy - sonnet
pathos
full rhyme
stationery
lyric
26. Serious - elaborate lyric full of high praise and noble feeling developed by the Greeks
analyze
dependent clause (subordinate)
compliment
ode
27. Left to right - visual clues recognized
Pre - alphabetic (preK- K) reading development
blooms taxonomy
stationery
3 models of appeal
28. To enter a new country to live there
immigrate to
phonics
cueing system
onomatopeia
29. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience
phonetics
imagery
iamb
simile
30. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads
Narrative
assess critically
idiom
haiku
31. Combining sounds to pronounce words 'sounding it out'
blending
antonym
vowel
couplet
32. A word phrase that has a meaning different from it s usual meaning - 'He lost his head'
idiom
pronoun
foreshadowing
couplet
33. 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
synonym
compliment
third person point of view
writing process
34. A comparison - using like or as
full rhyme
kinds of poetry
simile
writing process
35. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned
sonnet
occurrence
homonyms
didactic
36. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence
dependent clause (subordinate)
morphology
analyze
Narrative
37. Letters associated with sound - read simple CVC words - rhyming
voiced sounds
clause
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
monologue
38. Contrast in what is stated/expected and what is really meant/happening
assess critically
consonant
irony
protagonist
39. Study of morphemes & their variants allomorphs - and word formation - combining morphemes
protagonist
morphology
onomatopeia
phone
40. New vowel sounds produced by two vowels (OY in boy - I in buy)
tone languages
voiced sounds
protagonist
diphthong
41. One person talking with others around
monologue
verb
imagery
foreshadowing
42. Person place or thing
blending
minimal pairs
noun
inductive reasoning
43. Speech sound produced by partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any various constrictions of speech organs (not vowels)
blooms taxonomy
vowel
consonant
simile
44. Writing paper
Ballads
Analogy
cueing system
stationery
45. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning
minimal pairs
phonogram
tone languages
logos
46. Action
Epics
verb
phonics
figurative language
47. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)
immigrate to
summarize
digraph
analyze
48. 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
phonetics
onomatopeia
4 modes of discourse (writing)
phonemic awareness
49. System and pattern of speech sounds - knowledge of sound patterns is part of the grammar since you create 'meaningful units'
monologue
phonology
alphabetic principle
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
50. Adds to the meaning of a verb - another adverb - adj. - or whole sentence. 'I'll finish 'in a minute''
adverb
semantics
noun
3 models of appeal