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






2. 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






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






4. Word families






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






6. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






7. Your dancing was excellent.






8. Source of info that aids decoding (phonics - structural analysis - and semantic & syntactical info)






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






10. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






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






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






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






14. 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






15. The audience became silent.






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






17. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






18. Person place or thing






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






20. A meditation on life and death






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






22. Hero or heroine






23. A story told in the words of one person






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






25. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






27. Extract and restate that material's main message - literal level






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






29. Dramatic conversation alone






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






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






32. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






33. Show high probability of being true






34. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






35. Vowels and consonants repeat






36. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Setting - character - plot






42. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






44. Express praise or flattery






45. 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






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






47. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






48. 2 letters that make 1 sound






49. 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






50. Phonetic unit or segment