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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. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






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






4. Logos - pathos - ethos






5. One person talking with others around






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






7. False impression






8. To enter a new country to live there






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






10. Hero or heroine






11. 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)






12. 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






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






14. Appeal of emotion






15. Phonetic unit or segment






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Tell shorter stories about a particular person






23. To leave one country to live in another






24. A meditation on life and death






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






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






27. 2 letters that make 1 sound






28. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






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






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






31. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






33. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






34. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






36. Your dancing was excellent.






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






38. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






39. 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 -






40. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






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






43. Action






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






45. A word opposite in meaning to another word






46. Appeal of logic or reason






47. Dramatic conversation alone






48. Left to right - visual clues recognized






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






50. 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