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






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






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






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






5. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






14. 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'






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. Idenetify letters and can form letters






20. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






21. 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






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






23. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






26. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






29. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'

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






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






32. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






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






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






37. Intermediate language fluency






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






39. A modifier that is placed to close to a word that it should not modify






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






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






42. 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






43. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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






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






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






48. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






49. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






50. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness