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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Increasing fluency. An elementary student acquires 12 words daily!






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






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






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






5. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






6. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






8. Works that are invented by the writer






9. 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






10. 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'






11. 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






12. Cooing to babbling






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






14. 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'






15. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






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






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






20. Supporting details - analysis and eividence expanding on the topic sentence






21. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






23. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






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






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






28. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






29. Occurs in grades 1 to 2: vowels are included






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






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






32. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






44. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






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






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






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






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







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