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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Spelling has been traditionally taught through memorization but phonemic awareness may be the key to improving spelling in its five stages of development






2. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






3. Idenetify letters and can form letters






4. 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






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






6. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






8. An author's account of their life






9. The idea that the written language represents that sounds of spoken languages






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






11. 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






12. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






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






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






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






18. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






30. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






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






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






35. Cooing to babbling






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






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






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






39. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






41. Knows about books and that books tell stories






42. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'

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






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






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






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






47. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






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