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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'






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






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






4. A type of pre - writing with the main idea in the center of the sheet of paper and subtopics branching out from the center to make their own ideas






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Idenetify letters and can form letters






10. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






11. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. An author's account of their life






22. Intermediate language fluency






23. 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'






24. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






27. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






29. Works that are invented by the writer






30. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






32. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Cooing to babbling






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






42. Being convineced by a position's popularity






43. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






44. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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