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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. Person place or thing






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A meditation on life and death






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






10. Action






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






12. Use pitch syntactically






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






14. Complete or to supplement






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






16. Phonetic unit or segment






17. 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






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






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






20. Vowels and consonants repeat






21. Person noun - takes a nouns place 'I - you - they - her - its - ours'






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






23. False impression






24. 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






25. Writing paper






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






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






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






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






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






31. A story told in the words of one person






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






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






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






35. Humorous play on words






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. To leave one country to live in another






41. Dramatic conversation alone






42. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






43. 2 letters that make 1 sound






44. 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)






45. 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






46. A comparison - using like or as






47. 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






48. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






49. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






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