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CSET Subtest English
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cset
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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 exposes humorously the foibles - vices and follies of a group or a system
fast mapping
oral reading inventory
satire
second language acuqisition
2. 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
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
fiction
body sentence
3. A noun - or noun phrase - that names the noun next to it - like 'The insect - a cockroach....'
appositive
Milestones in Reading/pre - alphabetic
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
red herring
4. 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
tales
figurative language
mind map
misplaced modifier
5. Children with low phonological awareness who also have trouble blending speech sounds and segmenting
literacy
paragraph
oxymoron
dyslexia
6. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective
literacy
first draft
myth
syntax
7. A story that odriginated and deeloped over time and was passed on from generations to generations
tales
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
spelling inventory
allegory
8. A write - up of the essay that gets every idea down on the sheet of opaper
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
topic sentence
satire
first draft
9. The ability to connect two letters together - also known as 'sounding out'
formal assessment
blending
informal assessment
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
10. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced
over - regularizations
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
habituation
mind map
11. A modifier that does not logically refer tothe statement immediately following it
phonological awareness
fast mapping
dangling modifiers
allegory
12. The phase in which a reader looks over punctuation and spelling and grammatical correctness -
fiction
phonemes
simile
revision and editing
13. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning
lyrical
simile
fast mapping
archetypes
14. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements
informal assessment
first draft
ad hominem
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
15. Refcognizes word recognition out of context
high frequency word recognition
parody
alphabet knowledge
body sentence
16. Occurs in grades k to 1: letters are conenected tro sounds
formal assessment
Milestones in Reading/early alphabetic
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
non - fiction
17. An irrelevant point used to distract from an argument at hand
second language acuqisition
concepts of print
biography
red herring
18. Graded passages that show at what level a student can read at
phonemes
phonology
oral reading inventory
metacognitive approach
19. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
lyrical
allegory
blending
20. A blending of vowel words like 'ou' in 'out
ad hominem
Milestones of language acquistion/eighteen months to thirty months
diphthong
short story
21. A technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit
Milestones in Reading/pre - alphabetic
over - regularizations
lyrical
brainstorming
22. Occurs grades two to three: children can read larger words in print and accuracy and speed in reading are stressed
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
figurative language
concepts of print
squinting modifier
23. Sentences that have two clauses that could be independent but are connected by a conjunction.
compound sentences
metalinguistic awareness
Milestones in Reading/pre - alphabetic
misplaced modifier
24. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'
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25. Attributing human qualities to a non - human animal or object
short story
personification
metalinguistic awareness
diphthong
26. 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'
digraph
informal assessment
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
personification
27. Works that have happened in real life. usually with a purpose and especially to inform
second language acuqisition
morphemes
compound sentences
non - fiction
28. The technqiue designed to help the writer develop and organize their thoughts
compound sentences
prewriting
fast mapping
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
29. The act of posting the final work - good writing should be shared and celebrated
pursuasive writing and speech
metaphor
publication
ad hominem
30. Intermediate language fluency
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
concepts of print
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
red herring
31. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory
grapheme
allegory
underextensions
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
32. Supporting details - analysis and eividence expanding on the topic sentence
fiction
figurative language
body sentence
ad hominem
33. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
pursuasive writing and speech
autobiography
free - writing
34. Increasing fluency. An elementary student acquires 12 words daily!
alphabet knowledge
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
archetypes
parody
35. 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
phonological awareness
red herring
reading
concluding sentence
36. The ability to read with the appropriate speed and intonation
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
habituation
fluency
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
37. Telegraphic speech(words without affixes or function words)
over - regularizations
concepts of print
Milestones of language acquistion/eighteen months to thirty months
alphabetic principle
38. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose
pursuasive writing and speech
blending
Milestones of language acquistion/seven years to adulthood
begging the question
39. A humorous form that mimics the styles of another work - like song parodies
parody
publication
reading
literacy
40. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from
morphology
spelling
allegory
paragraph
41. 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
high frequency word recognition
misplaced modifier
figurative language
squinting modifier
42. The social - physical and cultural backgrounds that affect how language is learned
squinting modifier
pragmatics
faulty logic
concluding sentence
43. The idea of stereotyping - don't trust someone over thirty
simile
reading
overgeneralization
publication
44. Cooing to babbling
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
short story
habituation
45. An assumption without argument - Because I always tell the truth - I am not lying to you now.
over - regularizations
begging the question
oxymoron
semantics
46. Occurs before kindergarten in which text progresses left to right
phonology
second language acuqisition
Milestones in Reading/pre - alphabetic
semantics
47. Decoding and creating written words - using proper spelling - also includes the ability to listen - speak - read - and write and obtain and retrieve information
allegory
literacy
overgeneralization
pragmatics
48. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'
biography
universal grammar
dangling modifiers
phonemes
49. Knows about books and that books tell stories
mind map
concepts about print
appositive
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
50. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
fluency
phonological awareness
language acquisition device