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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
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1. Short poems from the word lyre 'harp like instrument' - haiku - ode - elegy - sonnet






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






3. 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 -






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






5. Dramatic conversation alone






6. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






7. Person place or thing






8. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






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






11. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






14. 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)






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






16. False impression






17. Process of applying knowledge of letter - sound relationships - blending the sounds represented by letters so as to arrive at the pronunciation of printed words






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






19. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






20. 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






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






22. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






23. Writing paper






24. 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






25. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






27. Appeal of emotion






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






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






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






31. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






32. A story told in the words of one person






33. 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






34. Read larger units of print - use analogy to decode larger words - fluent decoding - accuracy and speed of reading stressed






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






36. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






37. The audience became silent.






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Use pitch syntactically






43. Appeal of logic or reason






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






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






46. Phonetic unit or segment






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






48. Left to right - visual clues recognized






49. Word families






50. To leave one country to live in another