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






3. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






5. To enter a new country to live there






6. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






8. Humorous play on words






9. Means to stand still






10. Word families






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






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






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






14. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






15. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






17. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






18. Hero or heroine






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






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






21. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






22. Left to right - visual clues recognized






23. Demonstrates truth






24. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






25. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






26. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






28. Writing paper






29. 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)






30. The audience became silent.






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






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






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






34. Segment of linguistic science that deals with speech sounds - how sounds are made vocally - sound changes which develop in languages - and the relation of speech sounds to the total language process






35. 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)






36. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






37. 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 -






38. A comparison - using like or as






39. Show high probability of being true






40. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






41. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






42. A story told in the words of one person






43. 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






44. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






45. 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






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






47. False impression






48. To leave one country to live in another






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






50. Produced when the vocal cords are apart