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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. 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






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






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






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






5. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






8. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






11. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






15. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






16. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Intermediate language fluency






24. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






26. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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






30. 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'






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






32. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar






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






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






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






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






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






38. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






39. Knows about books and that books tell stories






40. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






43. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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