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






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






3. The audience became silent.






4. To leave one country to live in another






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






6. 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






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






8. Humorous play on words






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






10. Use pitch syntactically






11. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






13. Writing paper






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






15. Complete or to supplement






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






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






18. One person talking with others around






19. 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






20. 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






21. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






23. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






24. Hero or heroine






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






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






27. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






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






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






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






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






33. Express praise or flattery






34. To enter a new country to live there






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






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






37. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






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






40. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






41. Dramatic conversation alone






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






43. Means to stand still






44. 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






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






47. Show high probability of being true






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






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






50. False impression