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






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






3. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






4. 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






5. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






10. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






11. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






12. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






13. To enter a new country to live there






14. Dramatic conversation alone






15. Logos - pathos - ethos






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






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






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






19. False impression






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Your dancing was excellent.






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






26. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






27. A meditation on life and death






28. Left to right - visual clues recognized






29. Demonstrates truth






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






31. Knowledge (recall & recognize - comprehend (changes into a different symbolic form - application (solves a problem using info & appropriate generalization - synthesis (solves a problem by collaboration of information and original creative thinking -






32. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






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






34. Action






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






36. A word opposite in meaning to another word






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






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






39. 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






40. Humorous play on words






41. Vowels and consonants repeat






42. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






43. Use pitch syntactically






44. Intonation stress (word - sentence - phrase) pitch






45. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






46. Phonetic unit or segment






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






48. To leave one country to live in another






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






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