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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
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1. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






3. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






4. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






5. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






8. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






10. 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






11. Phonetic unit or segment






12. Used to describe one thing in terms of something else - not intended to be taken literally






13. Knowledge (recall & recognize - comprehend (changes into a different symbolic form - application (solves a problem using info & appropriate generalization - synthesis (solves a problem by collaboration of information and original creative thinking -






14. 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






15. Dramatic conversation alone






16. Appeal of logic or reason






17. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






18. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






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






21. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






22. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Hero or heroine






31. 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






32. Repetition of vowel (only) sounds in a group of words close together






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






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






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






36. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience






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






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






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






40. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






41. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






43. Humorous play on words






44. Word families






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






46. 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






47. Does not use like or as - direct comparison of one thing spoken of as though it were something else






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






49. 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






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