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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The pattern of unaccented followed by accented syllables that form the basis of a poem's rhythm






2. Dramatic conversation alone






3. False impression






4. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






5. To enter a new country to live there






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






7. 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






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






9. Strategy to teach reading and spelling that involves a relationship between sounds and written symbols - study and use of sound/spelling correspondences to identify written words






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






11. Hero or heroine






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






18. Vowels and consonants repeat






19. One person talking with others around






20. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






21. 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)






22. Appeal of logic or reason






23. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






24. Phonetic unit or segment






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






26. Left to right - visual clues recognized






27. To leave one country to live in another






28. 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






29. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






31. A story told in the words of one person






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






33. 2 letters that make 1 sound






34. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






37. Demonstrates truth






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






39. Word families






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






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






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






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






44. Person place or thing






45. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






46. Action






47. A comparison - using like or as






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






49. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






50. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence