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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. Appeal of logic or reason






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






3. One person talking with others around






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






5. Setting - character - plot






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






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






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






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






10. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






12. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place






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






14. Adjective clause - subject & predicate - cannot stand alone - modifies subject with relative pronoun or adverb






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






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






17. Use pitch syntactically






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






19. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






20. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






22. Writing paper






23. False impression






24. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






25. 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)






26. 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






27. Hero or heroine






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






29. Show high probability of being true






30. 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






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






32. 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)






33. The audience became silent.






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






35. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






37. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






39. Dramatic conversation alone






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






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






42. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






43. A word opposite in meaning to another word






44. Adds descriptive - modifies or qualifies a noun - can be phrase or clause 'The man 'in the blue shirt' is his father'






45. 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






46. 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






47. Complete or to supplement






48. Your dancing was excellent.






49. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






50. 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