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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Demonstrates truth






2. A comparison - using like or as






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






4. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






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






8. Appeal of emotion






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. To enter a new country to live there






15. Person place or thing






16. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






18. Specific to general conclusion - reliable or unreliable - used to discover something new






19. A story told in the words of one person






20. 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)






21. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






23. Humorous play on words






24. 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






25. Greek 'to struggle against': a person or force that opposes the protagonist; an enemy of the hero or heroine 'protagonist'






26. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






27. A word opposite in meaning to another word






28. The audience became silent.






29. A meditation on life and death






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






31. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Person noun - takes a nouns place 'I - you - they - her - its - ours'






39. Word families






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






41. 2 letters that make 1 sound






42. Complete or to supplement






43. 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






44. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






45. Appeal of logic or reason






46. Means to stand still






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






48. 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)






49. Short poems from the word lyre 'harp like instrument' - haiku - ode - elegy - sonnet






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