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CSET Subtest English

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






7. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






10. 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






11. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






13. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






16. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






20. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






21. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






22. Cooing to babbling






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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'






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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