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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from






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






10. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






13. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






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






17. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






18. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






21. Being convineced by a position's popularity






22. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






24. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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






29. 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'






30. Cooing to babbling






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






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






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






34. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






36. 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'






37. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Early word errors that toddlers make






44. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.