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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To enter a new country to live there






2. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






3. 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)






4. Read 'between the lines' make inferences about unstated assumptions implied by material






5. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






7. Humorous play on words






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






9. A comparison - using like or as






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






11. The audience became silent.






12. Teach and speak at a normal rate in English but use scaffolding - not sheltering English amplifying lessons not simplifying - emphasis on skills that promote thinking - creative - meaning - making individuals who feel they are part of a community of






13. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. New vowel sounds produced by two vowels (OY in boy - I in buy)






20. A word opposite in meaning to another word






21. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






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






25. Hero or heroine






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






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






28. Means to stand still






29. Action






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






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






32. 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






33. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






35. 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






36. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






37. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






38. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






39. 2 letters that make 1 sound






40. Setting - character - plot






41. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






47. False impression






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






49. Writing paper






50. Left to right - visual clues recognized