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






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






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






4. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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






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






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






10. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






13. Intermediate language fluency






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






15. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






36. 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






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






38. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






39. 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






40. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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'






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






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






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






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