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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. Occurs before kindergarten in which text progresses left to right






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






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






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






5. 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






6. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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


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






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






11. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






12. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Intermediate language fluency






25. Early word errors that toddlers make






26. 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'






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






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






29. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






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






33. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






34. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






36. 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






37. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Cooing to babbling






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






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






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






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






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






48. Knows about books and that books tell stories






49. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






50. Works that are invented by the writer