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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. Intonation stress (word - sentence - phrase) pitch






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






3. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






4. Phonetic unit or segment






5. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






8. 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






9. Hero or heroine






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






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






12. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






14. 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)






15. Logos - pathos - ethos






16. Your dancing was excellent.






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






18. The audience became silent.






19. A word opposite in meaning to another word






20. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






21. Complete or to supplement






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






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






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






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






26. Means to stand still






27. 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






28. Appeal of logic or reason






29. A story told in the words of one person






30. 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






31. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






32. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






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






34. Setting - character - plot






35. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






36. Writing paper






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






38. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






39. Vowels and consonants repeat






40. To leave one country to live in another






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






42. 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)






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






44. 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






45. Express praise or flattery






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






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






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






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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