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






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






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






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






5. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






6. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






7. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






8. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






9. Humorous play on words






10. The audience became silent.






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






12. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






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






15. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






16. Person place or thing






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






18. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






19. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






20. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






21. Demonstrates truth






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






23. 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






24. Word families






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






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






27. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






28. 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






29. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






30. A comparison - using like or as






31. A story told in the words of one person






32. False impression






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






34. To enter a new country to live there






35. 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






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






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






38. 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 -






39. Complete or to supplement






40. Means to stand still






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






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






43. Phonetic unit or segment






44. 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)






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






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






47. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






50. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads