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CSET Subtest English
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cset
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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. Adults modify their speech to make it easier for children to learn languages - including sentence structures and repeating key words
red herring
Child directed speech
alphabet knowledge
diphthong
2. Language that does not literally mean what it says - like the 'black bat night has flown the coop'
false casality
metacognitive approach
figurative language
body sentence
3. Works that are invented by the writer
mind map
fiction
grapheme
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
4. Understanding the fact that words are comprised of sounds known as phonemes
mind map
allegory
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
phonological awareness
5. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose
universal grammar
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
bandwagon effect
pursuasive writing and speech
6. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
language acquisition device
spelling inventory
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
7. Attributing human qualities to a non - human animal or object
myth
personification
allegory
syntax
8. The idea of stereotyping - don't trust someone over thirty
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
overgeneralization
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
syntax
9. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination
lyrical
Child directed speech
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
language acquisition device
10. When children begin to use past tenses and plurals in speeches
over - regularizations
overgeneralization
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
metaphor
11. The phase in which a reader looks over punctuation and spelling and grammatical correctness -
Milestones in Spelling/pre - communicative
ad hominem
revision and editing
short story
12. Increasing fluency. An elementary student acquires 12 words daily!
compound sentences
short story
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
literacy
13. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from
metaphor
fast mapping
morphology
spelling inventory
14. A group of sentences based on a similar topic
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
over - regularizations
paragraph
grapheme
15. When children realize that letters represent sounds - may know only a few letters in the alphabet
phonological awareness
Milestones in Spelling/pre - communicative
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
over - regularizations
16. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
habituation
'r - controlled'
spelling inventory
17. The ability to connect two letters together - also known as 'sounding out'
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
blending
morphology
metaphor
18. 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.
mind map
alphabetic principle
zone of proximal development
universal grammar
19. Supporting details - analysis and eividence expanding on the topic sentence
body sentence
compound sentences
fluency
formal assessment
20. Sentences that have two clauses that could be independent but are connected by a conjunction.
habituation
'r - controlled'
overgeneralization
compound sentences
21. A write - up of the essay that gets every idea down on the sheet of opaper
first draft
over - regularizations
Milestones in Spelling/phonetic stage
allegory
22. A combination of opposites - like 'feather of lead'
compound sentences
oxymoron
overgeneralization
Milestones in Spelling/pre - communicative
23. A modifier that does not logically refer tothe statement immediately following it
formal assessment
oral reading inventory
dangling modifiers
publication
24. Spelling has been traditionally taught through memorization but phonemic awareness may be the key to improving spelling in its five stages of development
spelling
allegory
tales
non - fiction
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
autobiography
zone of proximal development
language acquisition device
allegory
26. Occurs in grades 1 to 2: vowels are included
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
revision and editing
first draft
body sentence
27. Through spelling tests - teachers can determine the spelling stage that a student is at
spelling
spelling inventory
fast mapping
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
28. The study in which the ways words - sentences and sounds are used to convey language aka VOCABULARY
semantics
informal assessment
Milestones in Spelling/phonetic stage
false casality
29. Refcognizes word recognition out of context
brainstorming
morphology
zone of proximal development
high frequency word recognition
30. Occurs grades two to three: children can read larger words in print and accuracy and speed in reading are stressed
lyrical
squinting modifier
non - fiction
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
31. Written representation of a 'phoneme' (the letter 'b' or 'p')
topic sentence
reading
grapheme
digraph
32. 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
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
morphemes
faulty logic
high frequency word recognition
33. Decoding and creating written words - using proper spelling - also includes the ability to listen - speak - read - and write and obtain and retrieve information
overgeneralization
paragraph
literacy
publication
34. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory
underextensions
figurative language
lyrical
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
35. Knows about books and that books tell stories
morphology
Milestones in Spelling/phonetic stage
concepts about print
concluding sentence
36. The realization that occurs in kindergarten that words should be read from left to right
phonological awareness
formal assessment
concepts of print
alphabet knowledge
37. An assumption without argument - Because I always tell the truth - I am not lying to you now.
begging the question
satire
literacy
false casality
38. 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
blending
biography
second language acuqisition
squinting modifier
39. 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'
pragmatics
informal assessment
non - fiction
Milestones in Spelling/phonetic stage
40. Graded passages that show at what level a student can read at
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
spelling inventory
oral reading inventory
spelling
41. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements
informal assessment
allusion
universal grammar
myth
42. An irrelevant point used to distract from an argument at hand
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
spelling
oral reading inventory
red herring
43. Emergent speech/grammar explosion
simile
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
misplaced modifier
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
44. An attack launched against a person and the person's position - 'the candidate is a cowardly man'
lyrical
universal grammar
ad hominem
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
45. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective
digraph
syntax
concluding sentence
Milestones in Reading/pre - alphabetic
46. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar
reading
metalinguistic awareness
free - writing
phonology
47. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'
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48. Idenetify letters and can form letters
archetypes
universal grammar
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
alphabet knowledge
49. A technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit
brainstorming
morphemes
paragraph
squinting modifier
50. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'
phonology
phonemes
short story
morphology