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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






4. Intermediate language fluency






5. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






17. Cooing to babbling






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






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






20. 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






21. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






22. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






24. 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'






25. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






28. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






29. 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






30. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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. Idenetify letters and can form letters






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A modifier that could modify either two phrases before it. The executive entering the office hurriedly made the decision.affective filter - aka writer's block: a condition that leavesstudents feeling insecure about writing






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