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CSET Subtest English
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1. A technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
informal assessment
brainstorming
universal grammar
2. A reference to something outside a work of literature - like to a literary event - person or work
allusion
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
reading
universal grammar
3. The act of transforming one thing into another in a story
universal grammar
metaphor
compound sentences
informal assessment
4. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from
tales
morphology
publication
brainstorming
5. Refcognizes word recognition out of context
phonology
high frequency word recognition
begging the question
habituation
6. Spelling has been traditionally taught through memorization but phonemic awareness may be the key to improving spelling in its five stages of development
habituation
spelling
satire
brainstorming
7. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar
non - fiction
free - writing
oxymoron
short story
8. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning
fast mapping
overgeneralization
body sentence
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
9. Speller moves from a dependence on sound and phonology to use of visual memory and understanding of word structure - might write 'highed' instead of 'hide'- spelling words correctly even if they aren't the right words that should be spelled
satire
begging the question
alphabet knowledge
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
10. Knows about books and that books tell stories
begging the question
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
concepts about print
habituation
11. Graded passages that show at what level a student can read at
oral reading inventory
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
digraph
12. An extended metaphor that is carried through an entire narrative like 'Everyman'
phonology
free - writing
zone of proximal development
allegory
13. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
language acquisition device
blending
morphemes
14. Idenetify letters and can form letters
alphabet knowledge
topic sentence
oral reading inventory
concluding sentence
15. An attack launched against a person and the person's position - 'the candidate is a cowardly man'
dangling modifiers
metalinguistic awareness
ad hominem
red herring
16. The act of posting the final work - good writing should be shared and celebrated
universal grammar
tales
Milestones in Spelling/phonetic stage
publication
17. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered
metalinguistic awareness
digraph
misplaced modifier
fast mapping
18. A humorous form that mimics the styles of another work - like song parodies
parody
non - fiction
fast mapping
red herring
19. Being convineced by a position's popularity
bandwagon effect
grapheme
over - regularizations
false casality
20. A noun - or noun phrase - that names the noun next to it - like 'The insect - a cockroach....'
ad hominem
habituation
autobiography
appositive
21. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness
oxymoron
zone of proximal development
metacognitive approach
allegory
22. Language that does not literally mean what it says - like the 'black bat night has flown the coop'
figurative language
metalinguistic awareness
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
bandwagon effect
23. A sentence that is often the last or next - to - last sentence and is the least essential in the paragraph
Child directed speech
first draft
topic sentence
concluding sentence
24. A write - up of the essay that gets every idea down on the sheet of opaper
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
biography
first draft
revision and editing
25. Increasing fluency. An elementary student acquires 12 words daily!
metaphor
semantics
Milestones in Spelling/pre - communicative
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
26. Supporting details - analysis and eividence expanding on the topic sentence
body sentence
topic sentence
'r - controlled'
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
27. The realization that occurs in kindergarten that words should be read from left to right
digraph
publication
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
concepts of print
28. An author's account of their life
language acquisition device
autobiography
dangling modifiers
morphemes
29. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination
grapheme
lyrical
informal assessment
free - writing
30. Developing a phonemic awareness - starts with distinguishing different phonemes - then morphemes and then syntax. Then - children decode words and practice reading texts of ascending difficulty until they become a fluent reader
paragraph
simile
reading
literacy
31. The study of the way sounds function in a language
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
prewriting
phonology
semantics
32. Early word errors that toddlers make
metaphor
spelling
free - writing
underextensions
33. The study in which the ways words - sentences and sounds are used to convey language aka VOCABULARY
topic sentence
semantics
pragmatics
satire
34. A modifier that is placed to close to a word that it should not modify
universal grammar
misplaced modifier
concepts about print
Milestones in Reading/pre - alphabetic
35. The ability to connect two letters together - also known as 'sounding out'
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
blending
autobiography
morphemes
36. Telegraphic speech(words without affixes or function words)
Milestones of language acquistion/eighteen months to thirty months
Milestones in Reading/early alphabetic
false casality
metaphor
37. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'
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38. A modifier that does not logically refer tothe statement immediately following it
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
dangling modifiers
red herring
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
39. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact
over - regularizations
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
faulty logic
first draft
40. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory
'r - controlled'
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
alphabet knowledge
topic sentence
41. The idea of stereotyping - don't trust someone over thirty
overgeneralization
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
Milestones in Spelling/phonetic stage
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
42. Through spelling tests - teachers can determine the spelling stage that a student is at
'r - controlled'
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
phonological awareness
spelling inventory
43. Developed by Stephen Krashen - children can naturally gain a language unconcsciously if exposed to it through a comprehensive input - aka a teacher - that can set a limit to how much the language is learned without overcomplicating the language or lo
language acquisition device
second language acuqisition
metaphor
ad hominem
44. Occurs in grades k to 1: letters are conenected tro sounds
Milestones in Reading/early alphabetic
faulty logic
tales
underextensions
45. A type of pre - writing with the main idea in the center of the sheet of paper and subtopics branching out from the center to make their own ideas
morphemes
archetypes
mind map
pursuasive writing and speech
46. During initial instruction - children start to realize that the letter - sound correspondence is a principal...may spell words with a single letter like 'u' instead of 'you'
topic sentence
metalinguistic awareness
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
diphthong
47. Adults modify their speech to make it easier for children to learn languages - including sentence structures and repeating key words
reading
Child directed speech
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
compound sentences
48. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'
phonemes
dangling modifiers
concluding sentence
pragmatics
49. Cooing to babbling
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
red herring
phonemes
dangling modifiers
50. Decoding and creating written words - using proper spelling - also includes the ability to listen - speak - read - and write and obtain and retrieve information
literacy
digraph
underextensions
over - regularizations
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