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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. 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






2. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






4. Hero or heroine






5. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






6. A word that is close in meaning to another word






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






8. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






9. Means to stand still






10. One person talking with others around






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






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






13. Appeal of emotion






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






15. A comparison - using like or as






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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 -






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






23. To leave one country to live in another






24. Express praise or flattery






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






26. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






28. 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






29. Humorous play on words






30. 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)






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Vowels and consonants repeat






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. Demonstrates truth






37. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






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






41. Writing paper






42. To enter a new country to live there






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






44. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






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






47. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






48. The audience became silent.






49. 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






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