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CSET Reading Language Literature
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'
consonant
3 essential elements of a novel
adjective
adverb
2. Contrast in what is stated/expected and what is really meant/happening
Dramatic
grapheme
monologue
irony
3. Read larger units of print - use analogy to decode larger words - fluent decoding - accuracy and speed of reading stressed
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
digraph
syntax
pronoun
4. Use pitch syntactically
synonym
allusion
stationary
intonation languages
5. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities
iamb
phonogram
Analogy
monologue
6. Analysis & study of meanings of words - phrases - and sentences - useful strategy for decoding words used in sentences
semantics
verb
iamb
stationery
7. 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)
3 models of appeal
morpheme
syntax
relative clause (subordinate)
8. Conventions - lft - rt - top - bottom - spaces between words -
phonology
concepts of print
synthesize
consonant
9. Adds to the meaning of a verb - another adverb - adj. - or whole sentence. 'I'll finish 'in a minute''
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
dramatic monologue
relative clause (subordinate)
adverb
10. Does not use like or as - direct comparison of one thing spoken of as though it were something else
metaphor
diphthong
Ballads
voiced sounds
11. The audience became silent.
alphabetic principle
occurrence
metaphor
dependent clause (subordinate)
12. Humorous play on words
pronoun
tone languages
pun
antonym
13. 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
adjective
phoneme
adverb
interpret
14. Complete or to supplement
dramatic monologue
idiom
complement
diphthong
15. Left to right - visual clues recognized
protagonist
state of being
metaphor
Pre - alphabetic (preK- K) reading development
16. Express praise or flattery
tone languages
compliment
concepts of print
dependent clause (subordinate)
17. Logos - pathos - ethos
morphology
semantics
allusion
3 models of appeal
18. Repetition of vowel (only) sounds in a group of words close together
kinds of poetry
syntax
assonance
stationary
19. A word opposite in meaning to another word
antonym
3 essential elements of a novel
onomatopeia
relative clause (subordinate)
20. Segment of linguistic science that deals with speech sounds - how sounds are made vocally - sound changes which develop in languages - and the relation of speech sounds to the total language process
suprasegmentals
full rhyme
phonogram
phonetics
21. Consider the whole - break it into its components parts
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
analyze
dependent clause (subordinate)
stationary
22. One person talking with others around
phonic analysis
kinds of poetry
phonics
monologue
23. Used to describe one thing in terms of something else - not intended to be taken literally
antagonist
immigrate to
figurative language
allophones
24. Speech sound produced by partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any various constrictions of speech organs (not vowels)
assess critically
suprasegmentals
consonant
dramatic monologue
25. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry
antagonist
minimal pairs
couplet
third person point of view
26. Read 'between the lines' make inferences about unstated assumptions implied by material
interpret
phonogram
pathos
logos
27. Setting - character - plot
phonics
minimal pairs
3 essential elements of a novel
metaphor
28. Word families
illusion
phonogram
clause
allusion
29. A comparison - using like or as
onomatopeia
deductive reasoning
simile
phonic analysis
30. Study of morphemes & their variants allomorphs - and word formation - combining morphemes
antonym
morphology
phonic analysis
Analogy
31. Greek 'to struggle against': a person or force that opposes the protagonist; an enemy of the hero or heroine 'protagonist'
metaphor
3 models of appeal
onomatopeia
antagonist
32. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)
digraph
blend
semantics
assess critically
33. 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
phonemic awareness
haiku
iamb
occurrence
34. Adjective clause - subject & predicate - cannot stand alone - modifies subject with relative pronoun or adverb
couplet
semantics
relative clause (subordinate)
decoding skills
35. Pull together summarization - analysis - and interpretation to connect it to what you already know or what you are learning
soliloquy
synthesize
morpheme
simile
36. Event or detail chronologically out of its proper time in history
onomatopeia
imagery
anachronism
voiceless sounds
37. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience
simile
blending
imagery
Analogy
38. Words spelled differently that sound alike - to too two
noun
homonyms
voiced sounds
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
39. 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
phonics
rhetoric (writing)
allusion
phonetics
40. Person place or thing
protagonist
immigrate to
noun
vowel
41. Extract and restate that material's main message - literal level
suprasegmentals
inductive reasoning
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
summarize
42. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare
adjective
antonym
semantics
Dramatic
43. To leave one country to live in another
emigrate from
consonant
rhetoric (writing)
elegy
44. Hero or heroine
summarize
Epics
adverb
protagonist
45. Dramatic conversation alone
couplet
soliloquy
antonym
synthesize
46. Appeal of logic or reason
Ballads
antagonist
logos
digraph
47. Writing with vowels in each syllable - read chunks or phonograms
figurative language
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
allusion
phonics
48. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating
phonetics
iamb
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
voiced sounds
49. Means to stand still
Logic (writing)
synonym
phonetics
stationary
50. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES
dramatic monologue
intonation languages
allophones
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