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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 ability to read with the appropriate speed and intonation






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






3. 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






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






5. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






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






9. 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'






10. 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






11. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






12. 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






13. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






14. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






15. The comparison of two different objects using the word 'like' or 'as'






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






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






18. 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






19. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Works that are invented by the writer






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






29. 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






30. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






48. 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.






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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