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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. When children begin to use past tenses and plurals in speeches






10. An author's account of their life






11. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






12. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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






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






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






18. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






19. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






21. Cooing to babbling






22. Idenetify letters and can form letters






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






30. Decoding and creating written words - using proper spelling - also includes the ability to listen - speak - read - and write and obtain and retrieve information






31. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






34. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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

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39. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






40. 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






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






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






43. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






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






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






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






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