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






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






3. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






6. 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






7. Intermediate language fluency






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. An author's account of their life






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






18. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






21. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






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






32. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






33. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






35. 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






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






37. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






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






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






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






43. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






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






47. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






48. An accurate history ofa single person






49. Works that are invented by the writer






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