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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
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1. 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'






2. Cooing to babbling






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






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






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






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






7. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






10. Being convineced by a position's popularity






11. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






25. 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






26. 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'






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. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective






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






30. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






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






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






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






36. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






37. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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

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






41. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






42. The ability to connect two letters together - also known as 'sounding out'






43. Knows about books and that books tell stories






44. A story that exposes humorously the foibles - vices and follies of a group or a system






45. Intermediate language fluency






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






47. 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






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






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






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







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