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






2. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






13. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






14. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






16. Works that are invented by the writer






17. Cooing to babbling






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






19. Story that is short enough to be read in a single sitting - anything longer than that is a novel or any shorter is a novella






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






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






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






23. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A modifier that does not logically refer tothe statement immediately following it






33. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






43. Knows about books and that books tell stories






44. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






45. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






46. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






49. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






50. An accurate history ofa single person