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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place






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






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






4. Setting - character - plot






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






6. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






8. Appeal of emotion






9. 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






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






11. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






13. 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






14. Word families






15. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






17. Vowels and consonants repeat






18. 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)






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






20. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






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






23. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






24. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






26. 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






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






28. A story told in the words of one person






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






30. 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






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






32. Action






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






34. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






35. 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 -






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






37. Logos - pathos - ethos






38. Your dancing was excellent.






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Demonstrates truth






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Used to describe one thing in terms of something else - not intended to be taken literally






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






50. The audience became silent.