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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. Means to stand still






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






3. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






4. Letters associated with sound - read simple CVC words - rhyming






5. Use pitch syntactically






6. 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)






7. Judge the quality of the material on its own and as holds up in your synthesis or it with related material






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






9. Show high probability of being true






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






11. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






12. A word opposite in meaning to another word






13. Demonstrates truth






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






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






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






17. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






18. A meditation on life and death






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






20. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Intonation stress (word - sentence - phrase) pitch






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






27. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






29. Dramatic conversation alone






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






31. 2 letters that make 1 sound






32. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






33. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






34. Writing paper






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






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






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






38. Appeal of emotion






39. False impression






40. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A comparison - using like or as






49. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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