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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






4. Means to stand still






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






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






7. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






8. 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






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






10. Appeal of logic or reason






11. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






12. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






13. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






14. Word families






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






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






17. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






18. Writing paper






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






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






21. New vowel sounds produced by two vowels (OY in boy - I in buy)






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






29. 2 letters that make 1 sound






30. 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)






31. False impression






32. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






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






35. Show high probability of being true






36. Action






37. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






38. 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






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






40. A meditation on life and death






41. 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






42. To leave one country to live in another






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






44. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






45. Humorous play on words






46. 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






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






48. A comparison - using like or as






49. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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