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






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






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






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






5. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






15. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






16. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






19. An accurate history ofa single person






20. During initial instruction - children start to realize that the letter - sound correspondence is a principal...may spell words with a single letter like 'u' instead of 'you'






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






22. 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






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






24. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






25. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






33. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






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






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






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






39. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






46. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






48. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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







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