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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning






2. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






5. Two letters that make one speech sound - like 'th' or 'sh'






6. 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'






7. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






17. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






20. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






22. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






37. An accurate history ofa single person






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






39. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






40. 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






41. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






44. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






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






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






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






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