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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






11. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






12. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






14. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






17. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






19. 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






20. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






28. 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'






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






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






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






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






33. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






35. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






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






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






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






41. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






44. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






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






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






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






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