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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. A meditation on life and death






2. Letters associated with sound - read simple CVC words - rhyming






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






4. Extensive oral vocabulary contributes by helping reader recognize a word after sounding it out






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






6. Show high probability of being true






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






8. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






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






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






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






13. Left to right - visual clues recognized






14. Use pitch syntactically






15. 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






16. 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






17. Appeal of emotion






18. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






19. Appeal of logic or reason






20. Demonstrates truth






21. Action






22. Express praise or flattery






23. General to specific - judged true or false - used to apply what is known






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. 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)






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






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






28. 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






29. The audience became silent.






30. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






31. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






32. Reference to work of literature or a well - known historical event - person - or place






33. 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






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






35. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






36. Phonetic unit or segment






37. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






38. One person talking with others around






39. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






40. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






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






43. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






44. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






46. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






48. 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






49. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






50. Humorous play on words