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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes. 2 minutes extra for reading the instructions.
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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. Dramatic conversation alone






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






3. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Hero or heroine






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






10. A story told in the words of one person






11. 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






12. Appeal of emotion






13. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






14. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






15. Writing paper






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






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






18. Vowels and consonants repeat






19. Show high probability of being true






20. Use pitch syntactically






21. Left to right - visual clues recognized






22. Event or detail chronologically out of its proper time in history






23. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






25. The audience became silent.






26. False impression






27. Logos - pathos - ethos






28. Extract and restate that material's main message - literal level






29. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






30. One person talking with others around






31. 2 letters that make 1 sound






32. 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)






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






34. 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






35. Adds to the meaning of a verb - another adverb - adj. - or whole sentence. 'I'll finish 'in a minute''






36. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






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






39. A meditation on life and death






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






41. 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






42. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






44. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






45. To enter a new country to live there






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






47. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






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






50. Setting - character - plot






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