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






2. 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






3. 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)






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






5. A word opposite in meaning to another word






6. 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 -






7. Dramatic conversation alone






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. 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






10. A comparison - using like or as






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






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






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






14. A story told in the words of one person






15. 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






16. Hero or heroine






17. Humorous play on words






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






19. Writing paper






20. Demonstrates truth






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






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






23. To leave one country to live in another






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






25. 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






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






27. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






28. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






30. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






32. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






34. 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






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






36. Complete or to supplement






37. 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






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






39. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






40. Means to stand still






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






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






43. Setting - character - plot






44. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






46. Use pitch syntactically






47. Appeal of emotion






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






49. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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