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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. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






3. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






6. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






8. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






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






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






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






14. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






17. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






18. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






19. A sentence that is often the last or next - to - last sentence and is the least essential in the paragraph






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






42. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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