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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Demonstrates truth






4. Logos - pathos - ethos






5. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






6. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






8. Appeal of logic or reason






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






10. 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






11. Phonetic unit or segment






12. 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






13. False impression






14. The audience became silent.






15. Use pitch syntactically






16. 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






17. Extensive oral vocabulary contributes by helping reader recognize a word after sounding it out






18. Person place or thing






19. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






20. Appeal of emotion






21. 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






22. 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)






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






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






25. Setting - character - plot






26. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






27. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






29. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






30. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






32. Word families






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






34. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






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






37. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






39. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






40. Judge the quality of the material on its own and as holds up in your synthesis or it with related material






41. 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






42. Complete or to supplement






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






44. Hero or heroine






45. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






46. A story told in the words of one person






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






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






49. Writing paper






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