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CSET Reading Language Literature

Subjects : cset, literature
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1. Speech sound produced by partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any various constrictions of speech organs (not vowels)






2. 2 different forms which are identical in every way except for 1 sound segment that occurs in the same place in the string (sink - zink - pink/ hit - hat - hot






3. To leave one country to live in another






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






5. Tells stories - dramatic poetry - Shakespeare






6. Writing paper






7. Word families






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






9. 2 letters make one speech sound (th - sh)






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






11. 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)






12. Express praise or flattery






13. Produced when the vocal cords are apart






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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)






20. Demonstrates truth






21. One person talking with others around






22. Variant of phones - ALL Of PHONES






23. A comparison - using like or as






24. Person place or thing






25. Tells stories - Epics & Ballads






26. 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






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






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






29. Comparison of 2 things - stressing their similarities






30. 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






31. 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






32. Dramatic conversation alone






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






34. Writing from which a lesson is to be learned






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






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






37. Appeal of logic or reason






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






39. 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines - first line 5 - second 7 - third 5






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






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






42. Setting - character - plot






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






44. 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 -






45. Produced when the vocal cords are vibrating






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






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






48. Logos - pathos - ethos






49. Subject & predicate - cannot stand alone as sentence






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