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






2. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






3. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Cooing to babbling






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






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






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






23. Intermediate language fluency






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






25. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






28. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






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






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






33. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Knows about books and that books tell stories






39. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






42. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






44. An author's account of their life






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






46. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






49. Idenetify letters and can form letters






50. 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