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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. The technqiue designed to help the writer develop and organize their thoughts






2. Decoding and creating written words - using proper spelling - also includes the ability to listen - speak - read - and write and obtain and retrieve information






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






4. Idenetify letters and can form letters






5. Occurs before kindergarten in which text progresses left to right






6. The idea of stereotyping - don't trust someone over thirty






7. Knows about books and that books tell stories






8. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






11. An assumption without argument - Because I always tell the truth - I am not lying to you now.






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






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






14. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language






15. Through spelling tests - teachers can determine the spelling stage that a student is at






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






17. A sentence that is often the last or next - to - last sentence and is the least essential in the paragraph






18. Works that are invented by the writer






19. Spelling has been traditionally taught through memorization but phonemic awareness may be the key to improving spelling in its five stages of development






20. The act of posting the final work - good writing should be shared and celebrated






21. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






22. 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






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






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






25. Developed by Leo Vygotsky - the area where a child can solve problems on their own - best observed during unstructured play. social environment influences the way that language is developed. language determines the nature of our thoughts - our person






26. Intermediate language fluency






27. A modifier that does not logically refer tothe statement immediately following it






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






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






30. The ability to connect two letters together - also known as 'sounding out'






31. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from






32. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






33. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






37. Occurs in grades 1 to 2: vowels are included






38. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






39. The act of transforming one thing into another in a story






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






41. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






42. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






43. A story that exposes humorously the foibles - vices and follies of a group or a system






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






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






46. An irrelevant point used to distract from an argument at hand






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






48. Cooing to babbling






49. Children systematically represent speech sounds with letters or groups of letters in a logical way - they also attempt to spell - but may not spell correctly - like 'kom' instead of 'come'






50. 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