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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. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective






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






3. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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






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






9. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. An accurate history ofa single person






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






19. Early word errors that toddlers make






20. 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'






21. Cooing to babbling






22. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






23. Works that are invented by the writer






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






25. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






26. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






29. 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






30. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






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






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






47. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






48. Occurs before kindergarten in which text progresses left to right






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






50. 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