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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. English - written words made up of letters that match sounds heard when spoken - corresponding to each other






2. Complete or to supplement






3. Use pitch syntactically






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






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






6. 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)






7. 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)






8. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






11. Express praise or flattery






12. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






13. 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






14. A story told in the words of one person






15. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






16. 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






17. Writing paper






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






23. A comparison - using like or as






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






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






26. Means to stand still






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






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






29. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






31. Appeal of emotion






32. Humorous play on words






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






34. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






36. Word families






37. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






38. To enter a new country to live there






39. 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 -






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






41. Action






42. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






44. 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






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






46. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






47. Smallest sound unit of speech - /b/ in book - segments used to differentiate between meanings of words - required understanding of phonological rules of the language for knowing how to produce words






48. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






49. A meditation on life and death






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