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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. 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






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






3. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






19. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






22. Cooing to babbling






23. Attributing human qualities to a non - human animal or object






24. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning






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






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






27. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






29. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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

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






48. 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






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






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