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






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






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






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






5. Express praise or flattery






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






7. Setting - character - plot






8. One person talking with others around






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






10. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






11. Means to stand still






12. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






13. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






15. Complete or to supplement






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






17. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






18. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






20. To enter a new country to live there






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






22. English - written words made up of letters that match sounds heard when spoken - corresponding to each other






23. Person place or thing






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






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






26. Demonstrates truth






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






28. Appeal of logic or reason






29. Left to right - visual clues recognized






30. A story told in the words of one person






31. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






33. Hero or heroine






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






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






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






37. Speech sound created by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity - usually forming the most prominent and central sound of a syllable (A - E - I - O - U - Y)






38. Your dancing was excellent.






39. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






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






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






43. Action






44. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






45. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






47. Use pitch syntactically






48. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






50. Tell shorter stories about a particular person