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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






4. Left to right - visual clues recognized






5. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






6. 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)






7. Hero or heroine






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






9. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






10. Person place or thing






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






12. Judge the quality of the material on its own and as holds up in your synthesis or it with related material






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. Show high probability of being true






15. 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 -






16. To enter a new country to live there






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






18. 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






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






20. A meditation on life and death






21. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






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






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






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






25. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






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






27. Appeal of emotion






28. 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






29. Action






30. Demonstrates truth






31. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






33. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






34. 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)






35. False impression






36. Dramatic conversation alone






37. Means to stand still






38. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






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






40. 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






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






42. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






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






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






47. A story told in the words of one person






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






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






50. 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