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






2. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






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






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






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






16. Idenetify letters and can form letters






17. 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'






18. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. An author's account of their life






26. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






27. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language






28. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






29. Knows about books and that books tell stories






30. 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






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






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

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33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Being convineced by a position's popularity






41. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






42. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Intermediate language fluency






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






49. 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






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