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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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. 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






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






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






6. The audience became silent.






7. 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)






8. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






9. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






10. Show high probability of being true






11. Vowels and consonants repeat






12. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






13. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






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






15. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






16. 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)






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






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






19. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






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






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






24. To leave one country to live in another






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






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






27. A comparison - using like or as






28. Dramatic conversation alone






29. Complete or to supplement






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. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






32. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






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






34. 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






35. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






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






37. A meditation on life and death






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. One person talking with others around






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






44. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






45. Setting - character - plot






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






47. Express praise or flattery






48. Appeal of emotion






49. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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