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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Show high probability of being true






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






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






4. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






6. A comparison - using like or as






7. Express praise or flattery






8. 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






9. A meditation on life and death






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






11. 2 letters that make 1 sound






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






17. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






19. 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






20. 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)






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






22. Person place or thing






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






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






25. One person talking with others around






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






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






28. 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 -






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






30. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






31. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






32. Use pitch syntactically






33. 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






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






35. Appeal of emotion






36. 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






37. Strategy to teach reading and spelling that involves a relationship between sounds and written symbols - study and use of sound/spelling correspondences to identify written words






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






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






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






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






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






43. Demonstrates truth






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






45. 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






46. Vowels and consonants repeat






47. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






49. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






50. Setting - character - plot