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






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






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






4. Use pitch syntactically






5. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






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






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






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






10. Does not use like or as - direct comparison of one thing spoken of as though it were something else






11. The audience became silent.






12. Humorous play on words






13. 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






14. Complete or to supplement






15. Left to right - visual clues recognized






16. Express praise or flattery






17. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






19. A word opposite in meaning to another word






20. 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






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






22. One person talking with others around






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






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






25. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






27. Setting - character - plot






28. Word families






29. A comparison - using like or as






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






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






32. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Person place or thing






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






42. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






43. To leave one country to live in another






44. Hero or heroine






45. Dramatic conversation alone






46. Appeal of logic or reason






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






48. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






49. Means to stand still






50. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES