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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. A humorous form that mimics the styles of another work - like song parodies






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






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






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






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






8. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






11. Intermediate language fluency






12. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






14. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






17. When children realize that letters represent sounds - may know only a few letters in the alphabet






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






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






20. 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'






21. An author's account of their life






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






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






24. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Being convineced by a position's popularity






42. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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