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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






4. Being convineced by a position's popularity






5. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






6. 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'






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. An accurate history ofa single person






17. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






23. Cooing to babbling






24. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






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






28. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






30. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






42. 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






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






44. An author's account of their life






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






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






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


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






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






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