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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. A meditation on life and death






2. Lyric - narrative - dramatic






3. 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






4. Appeal of logic or reason






5. Vowels and consonants repeat






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






7. Subject & predicate - can stand alone as sentence






8. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






9. Setting - character - plot






10. 14 line lyric with a certain pattern or rhyme and rhythm - love poems






11. Hero or heroine






12. Descriptive - narrative - expository/explanatory - argumentative






13. Phonetic unit or segment






14. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






15. 2 letters that make 1 sound






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






17. To enter a new country to live there






18. False impression






19. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






20. Pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry






21. Logos - pathos - ethos






22. Writing paper






23. Combining sounds to pronounce words 'sounding it out'






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






25. Appeal to the moral or ethical sense






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






27. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






28. Left to right - visual clues recognized






29. The audience became silent.






30. Use pitch syntactically






31. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






32. Contains subject and predicate (verb) -






33. Demonstrates truth






34. Use pitch of individual syllables to contrast meaning






35. Express praise or flattery






36. Serious - elaborate lyric full of high praise and noble feeling developed by the Greeks






37. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






39. Means to stand still






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






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






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






43. Humorous play on words






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






45. Word families






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






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






48. Show high probability of being true






49. 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






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