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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. A word opposite in meaning to another word






6. Hero or heroine






7. Appeal of emotion






8. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






10. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






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






13. Appeal of logic or reason






14. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






16. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






17. Means to stand still






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






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






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






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






22. A meditation on life and death






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






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






25. To leave one country to live in another






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






27. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






28. Complete or to supplement






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






30. A story told in the words of one person






31. Show high probability of being true






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






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






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






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






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






37. Setting - character - plot






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






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






40. Your dancing was excellent.






41. System and pattern of speech sounds - knowledge of sound patterns is part of the grammar since you create 'meaningful units'






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






43. Person place or thing






44. Vowels and consonants repeat






45. 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)






46. 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






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






48. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






49. To enter a new country to live there






50. Use pitch syntactically