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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. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






2. 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






3. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






5. One person talking with others around






6. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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






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






9. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






10. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Means to stand still






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






18. Writing paper






19. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






22. 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)






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. To leave one country to live in another






29. 2 letters that make 1 sound






30. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






33. Appeal of logic or reason






34. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






35. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






36. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






38. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






39. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Appeal of emotion






46. Person place or thing






47. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






49. 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






50. Use pitch syntactically