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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Written/printed representation of a phoneme (speech sound)






2. A story told in the words of one person






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






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






5. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






7. Appeal of logic or reason






8. Express praise or flattery






9. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






10. Person place or thing






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






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






13. 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






14. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






17. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






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






20. A poet's use of words to create mental pictures or images - that communicate experience






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






22. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






23. 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)






24. Word families






25. Appeal of emotion






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






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






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






29. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






30. Setting - character - plot






31. 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)






32. A word opposite in meaning to another word






33. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






34. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






42. 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






43. 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






44. Means to stand still






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






46. Vowels and consonants repeat






47. Demonstrates truth






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






49. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






50. 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 -