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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The study of the way sounds function in a language






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

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3. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






6. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






9. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






12. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Cooing to babbling






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Early word errors that toddlers make






26. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






28. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






31. Idenetify letters and can form letters






32. Intermediate language fluency






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






47. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






48. 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






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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