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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. 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






2. Early word errors that toddlers make






3. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






4. An accurate history ofa single person






5. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






7. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






8. 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






9. A test that evaluates how well the learning has come along






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






11. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar






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






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






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






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






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

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17. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






20. 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






21. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






22. 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






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






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






25. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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






36. The argument that the human brain contains a limited set of rules for organizing language. In turn - there is an assumption that all languages have a common structural basis.






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






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






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






40. 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






41. An author's account of their life






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Works that are invented by the writer






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