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






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






3. Means to stand still






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






5. Demonstrates truth






6. Complete or to supplement






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






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






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






10. Express praise or flattery






11. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






12. Appeal of logic or reason






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






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






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






16. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






18. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'






19. Setting - character - plot






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






21. To enter a new country to live there






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






23. A meditation on life and death






24. Appeal of emotion






25. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






26. Hero or heroine






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






28. 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






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






30. Use pitch syntactically






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






32. Humorous play on words






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






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






35. To leave one country to live in another






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






37. Action






38. Phonetic unit or segment






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






40. 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






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






42. False impression






43. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






44. 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






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






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






47. 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 -






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






49. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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