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






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






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






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






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






6. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






10. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






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






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






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






16. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






17. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






19. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






20. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






29. Developed by Stephen Krashen - children can naturally gain a language unconcsciously if exposed to it through a comprehensive input - aka a teacher - that can set a limit to how much the language is learned without overcomplicating the language or lo






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






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






32. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






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






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






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






38. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






39. 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'






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






41. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






42. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






44. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Knows about books and that books tell stories