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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit






2. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






3. An author's account of their life






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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'






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Idenetify letters and can form letters






15. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






18. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






21. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






24. 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






25. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






27. 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'






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






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






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






31. Intermediate language fluency






32. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






35. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






36. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






37. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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

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






42. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination







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