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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. The study of the way sounds function in a language






2. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






3. Early word errors that toddlers make






4. 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






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






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






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






8. What the paragraph is all about - usually the first sentence






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. An author's account of their life






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






17. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






19. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






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






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


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






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






30. Adults modify their speech to make it easier for children to learn languages - including sentence structures and repeating key words






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






43. Works that are invented by the writer






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






45. 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'






46. 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






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






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






49. Works that have happened in real life. usually with a purpose and especially to inform






50. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)