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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 study of the way sounds function in a language






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






3. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






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






7. 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'






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






18. 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






19. The social - physical and cultural backgrounds that affect how language is learned






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






21. The argument that the human brain contains a limited set of rules for organizing language. In turn - there is an assumption that all languages have a common structural basis.






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






23. Works that have happened in real life. usually with a purpose and especially to inform






24. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






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






28. An accurate history ofa single person






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A reference to something outside a work of literature - like to a literary event - person or work






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






40. 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'






41. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






44. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






48. An extended metaphor that is carried through an entire narrative like 'Everyman'






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






50. Knows about books and that books tell stories