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






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






3. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






4. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






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






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






9. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






11. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






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






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






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






17. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






18. 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






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






20. An author's account of their life






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






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






23. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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

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






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






28. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






31. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






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






35. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






37. 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'






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. A test that evaluates how well the learning has come along






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






50. Emergent speech/grammar explosion