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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
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. Idenetify letters and can form letters






2. An author's account of their life






3. 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






4. Early word errors that toddlers make






5. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






6. When children begin to use past tenses and plurals in speeches






7. The realization that occurs in kindergarten that words should be read from left to right






8. Telegraphic speech(words without affixes or function words)






9. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






10. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






11. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'

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12. A write - up of the essay that gets every idea down on the sheet of opaper






13. Language that does not literally mean what it says - like the 'black bat night has flown the coop'






14. Children with low phonological awareness who also have trouble blending speech sounds and segmenting






15. An attack launched against a person and the person's position - 'the candidate is a cowardly man'






16. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory






17. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning






18. Occurs in grades k to 1: letters are conenected tro sounds






19. Graded passages that show at what level a student can read at






20. A humorous form that mimics the styles of another work - like song parodies






21. A technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit






22. Story that is short enough to be read in a single sitting - anything longer than that is a novel or any shorter is a novella






23. 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'






24. Adults modify their speech to make it easier for children to learn languages - including sentence structures and repeating key words






25. A combination of opposites - like 'feather of lead'






26. Increasing fluency. An elementary student acquires 12 words daily!






27. The study in which the ways words - sentences and sounds are used to convey language aka VOCABULARY






28. Cooing to babbling






29. Being convineced by a position's popularity






30. Written representation of a 'phoneme' (the letter 'b' or 'p')






31. Sentences that have two clauses that could be independent but are connected by a conjunction.






32. A story that odriginated and deeloped over time and was passed on from generations to generations






33. Occurs grades two to three: children can read larger words in print and accuracy and speed in reading are stressed






34. An accurate history ofa single person






35. Understanding the fact that words are comprised of sounds known as phonemes






36. 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






37. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






38. Models of patterns recognizable for their characteristics like the wicked stepmother






39. A modifier that could modify either two phrases before it. The executive entering the office hurriedly made the decision.affective filter - aka writer's block: a condition that leavesstudents feeling insecure about writing






40. Two letters that make one speech sound - like 'th' or 'sh'






41. A story that was used to make sense of the world - like a story about a higher power






42. Treating two or more coincidences as if one caused the other 'Martin Luther King's birth caused the civil rights march'






43. A noun - or noun phrase - that names the noun next to it - like 'The insect - a cockroach....'






44. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






45. Attributing human qualities to a non - human animal or object






46. Sound sequences that convey meanings like the words 'bat' and 'rat'






47. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar






48. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective






49. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






50. When children realize that letters represent sounds - may know only a few letters in the alphabet