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CSET Reading Language Literature
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Appeal of logic or reason
iamb
phonogram
assonance
logos
2. Read 'between the lines' make inferences about unstated assumptions implied by material
interpret
adjective
Pre - alphabetic (preK- K) reading development
grapheme
3. One person talking with others around
monologue
Analogy
phonetics
allusion
4. Consider the whole - break it into its components parts
noun
Logic (writing)
analyze
syntax
5. Setting - character - plot
3 essential elements of a novel
emigrate from
syntax
clause
6. System and pattern of speech sounds - knowledge of sound patterns is part of the grammar since you create 'meaningful units'
stationary
free variation
phonology
occurrence
7. Serious - elaborate lyric full of high praise and noble feeling developed by the Greeks
free variation
didactic
ode
emigrate from
8. Technique commonly used by poets in which the sound of a word imitates a natural sound
onomatopeia
phonemic awareness
phone
dependent clause (subordinate)
9. English - written words made up of letters that match sounds heard when spoken - corresponding to each other
digraph
alphabetic principle
onomatopeia
protagonist
10. 2 letters that make 1 sound
blend
morpheme
immigrate to
didactic
11. Extensive oral vocabulary contributes by helping reader recognize a word after sounding it out
writing process
decoding skills
Ballads
synonym
12. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place
Pre - alphabetic (preK- K) reading development
elegy
allusion
interpret
13. Read larger units of print - use analogy to decode larger words - fluent decoding - accuracy and speed of reading stressed
complement
anachronism
Logic (writing)
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
14. Adjective clause - subject & predicate - cannot stand alone - modifies subject with relative pronoun or adverb
idiom
imagery
semantics
relative clause (subordinate)
15. Conventions - lft - rt - top - bottom - spaces between words -
concepts of print
adverb
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
soliloquy
16. Judge the quality of the material on its own and as holds up in your synthesis or it with related material
diphthong
antonym
assess critically
adjective
17. Use pitch syntactically
intonation languages
middle and late alphabetic (1) R.D.
third person point of view
sonnet
18. New vowel sounds produced by two vowels (OY in boy - I in buy)
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
diphthong
decoding skills
phonics
19. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)
digraph
decoding skills
consonant
dependent clause (subordinate)
20. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5
couplet
haiku
emigrate from
semantics
21. Specific to general conclusion - reliable or unreliable - used to discover something new
inductive reasoning
full rhyme
clause
foreshadowing
22. Writing paper
foreshadowing
soliloquy
stationery
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
23. False impression
early alphabetic (k -1) R. D.
illusion
consonant
phonic analysis
24. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare
voiceless sounds
lyric
soliloquy
Dramatic
25. 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)
immigrate to
illusion
vowel
pun
26. 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
phonetics
immigrate to
diphthong
synonym
27. Hero or heroine
haiku
protagonist
Dramatic
state of being
28. Repetition of vowel (only) sounds in a group of words close together
assonance
phone
idiom
semantics
29. Show high probability of being true
rhetoric (writing)
antagonist
protagonist
compliment
30. 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
diphthong
blend
phoneme
4 modes of discourse (writing)
31. Long poems that describe a deed of heroes in battle or conflicts between human beings and natural and divine forces
Epics
anachronism
irony
stationary
32. 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)
state of being
figurative language
morpheme
metaphor
33. The audience became silent.
noun
digraph
occurrence
imagery
34. Combining sounds to pronounce words 'sounding it out'
blending
irony
lyric
3 essential elements of a novel
35. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning
adjective
synthesize
tone languages
lyric
36. Short poems from the word lyre 'harp like instrument' - haiku - ode - elegy - sonnet
pun
lyric
iamb
idiom
37. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating
sonnet
emigrate from
voiced sounds
orthographic (2-3) R.D.
38. A word that is close in meaning to another word
synonym
assess critically
phonetics
protagonist
39. Dramatic conversation alone
soliloquy
dramatic monologue
assonance
imagery
40. Freedom to pronounce a word with 2 different phonemes without changing the meaning
didactic
elegy
protagonist
free variation
41. Written/printed representation of a phoneme (speech sound)
grapheme
state of being
couplet
homonyms
42. Tell shorter stories about a particular person
couplet
onomatopeia
Ballads
complement
43. A word opposite in meaning to another word
synonym
Ballads
antonym
consonant
44. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'
syntax
occurrence
Dramatic
adjective
45. 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
syntax
stationary
decoding skills
verb
46. 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
SDAIE Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
adjective
phonology
protagonist
47. Complete or to supplement
complement
writing process
4 modes of discourse (writing)
independent clause (main)
48. Your dancing was excellent.
morpheme
monologue
state of being
complement
49. Lyric - narrative - dramatic
sonnet
kinds of poetry
figurative language
iamb
50. 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
third person point of view
foreshadowing
didactic
free variation