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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 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.






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






3. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






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






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






9. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






11. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






19. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






23. An author's account of their life






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






36. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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






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






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






42. Works that are invented by the writer






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






44. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






46. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






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