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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Specific to general conclusion - reliable or unreliable - used to discover something new






2. To enter a new country to live there






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






4. 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






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






6. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






7. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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






9. 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






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






11. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






12. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






14. To leave one country to live in another






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






16. A meditation on life and death






17. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






19. Demonstrates truth






20. 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






21. Use pitch syntactically






22. Humorous play on words






23. The audience became silent.






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






25. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






27. Logos - pathos - ethos






28. 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






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






30. A word opposite in meaning to another word






31. 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)






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






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






34. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






35. A comparison - using like or as






36. 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






37. Dramatic conversation alone






38. 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






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






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






41. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






43. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Word families






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






49. Complete or to supplement






50. Your dancing was excellent.