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






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






3. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






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






8. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. An author's account of their life






16. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






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






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






29. An accurate history ofa single person






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






31. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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'






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements