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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. 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






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






3. Consider the whole - break it into its components parts






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






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






6. 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






7. Appeal of emotion






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






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






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






11. Express praise or flattery






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






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






14. 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






15. To leave one country to live in another






16. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






17. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






18. A meditation on life and death






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






20. Show high probability of being true






21. Complete or to supplement






22. Dramatic conversation alone






23. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






24. 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






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






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






27. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






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






30. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






31. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






33. The audience became silent.






34. Humorous play on words






35. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






37. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






38. Vowels and consonants repeat






39. Person place or thing






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






41. To enter a new country to live there






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






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






44. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






45. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






47. A comparison - using like or as






48. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






49. Setting - character - plot






50. 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