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






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






3. Dramatic conversation alone






4. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






6. Means to stand still






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






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






9. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






10. Source of info that aids decoding (phonics - structural analysis - and semantic & syntactical info)






11. To enter a new country to live there






12. Use pitch syntactically






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






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






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






16. Logos - pathos - ethos






17. 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






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






19. A comparison - using like or as






20. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






21. 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






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






23. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place






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






25. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






26. One person talking with others around






27. Action






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






29. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






31. 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






32. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






33. Word families






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






35. 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






36. Humorous play on words






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






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






39. Show high probability of being true






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






41. Left to right - visual clues recognized






42. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






43. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare