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






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






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






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






5. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






6. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






9. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






16. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. An author's account of their life






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Intermediate language fluency






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

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34. The study in which the ways words - sentences and sounds are used to convey language aka VOCABULARY






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






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






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






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






39. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






40. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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. 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






44. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






45. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






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






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