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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
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1. The audience became silent.






2. 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






3. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






4. Express praise or flattery






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






6. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






7. Humorous play on words






8. Logos - pathos - ethos






9. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






10. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






11. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






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






14. A meditation on life and death






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






20. Hero or heroine






21. 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






22. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






23. One person talking with others around






24. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'






25. Word families






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






27. Vowels and consonants repeat






28. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






29. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






32. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






33. Show high probability of being true






34. 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






35. Appeal of emotion






36. 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






37. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






38. To enter a new country to live there






39. 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)






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






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






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






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






44. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






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






48. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






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






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