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






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






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






4. Sound sequences that convey meanings like the words 'bat' and 'rat'






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Works that are invented by the writer






12. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Attributing human qualities to a non - human animal or object






23. 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






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






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






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'






27. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






30. 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






31. Developed by Leo Vygotsky - the area where a child can solve problems on their own - best observed during unstructured play. social environment influences the way that language is developed. language determines the nature of our thoughts - our person






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Knows about books and that books tell stories






46. The comparison of two different objects using the word 'like' or 'as'






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






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






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






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