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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The realization that occurs in kindergarten that words should be read from left to right






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






3. Supporting details - analysis and eividence expanding on the topic sentence






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






5. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






8. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






10. Being convineced by a position's popularity






11. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'






12. The study of the way sounds function in a language






13. A modifier that is placed to close to a word that it should not modify






14. Cooing to babbling






15. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






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






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






21. The phase in which a reader looks over punctuation and spelling and grammatical correctness -






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






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






24. The ability to read with the appropriate speed and intonation






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






26. An author's account of their life






27. A test that evaluates how well the learning has come along






28. A blending of vowel words like 'ou' in 'out






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. What the paragraph is all about - usually the first sentence






36. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






42. Intermediate language fluency






43. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Emergent speech/grammar explosion







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