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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place






2. 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)






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






4. Show high probability of being true






5. To leave one country to live in another






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






7. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






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






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






12. Writing paper






13. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






14. One person talking with others around






15. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






16. The audience became silent.






17. Your dancing was excellent.






18. A comparison - using like or as






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






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






21. Means to stand still






22. Vowels and consonants repeat






23. Word families






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






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






26. Setting - character - plot






27. Appeal of emotion






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






29. 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






30. To enter a new country to live there






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






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






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






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






35. Demonstrates truth






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






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






38. A meditation on life and death






39. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






40. Speech sound produced by partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any various constrictions of speech organs (not vowels)






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






47. Action






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






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. A story told in the words of one person






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