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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
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1. Demonstrates truth






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






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






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






5. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






6. Hero or heroine






7. 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)






8. 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 -






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






10. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






12. Complete or to supplement






13. To enter a new country to live there






14. Appeal of logic or reason






15. 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






16. Person place or thing






17. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






19. 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






20. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






21. Logos - pathos - ethos






22. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






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






26. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






28. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






31. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






32. Word families






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






34. 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






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






36. Writing paper






37. Action






38. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






39. Setting - character - plot






40. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






42. Express praise or flattery






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






44. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






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






47. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






48. 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






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






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