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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






2. 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






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






4. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






6. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






20. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






23. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






34. Being convineced by a position's popularity






35. 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






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






37. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






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






42. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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