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CSET Subtest English
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cset
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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. 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
short story
topic sentence
diphthong
oxymoron
2. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective
alphabet knowledge
formal assessment
parody
syntax
3. Understanding the fact that words are comprised of sounds known as phonemes
concepts of print
phonological awareness
second language acuqisition
blending
4. Supporting details - analysis and eividence expanding on the topic sentence
Milestones of language acquistion/birth to one year
bandwagon effect
body sentence
first draft
5. Models of patterns recognizable for their characteristics like the wicked stepmother
alphabetic principle
fiction
archetypes
overgeneralization
6. An irrelevant point used to distract from an argument at hand
morphemes
phonology
begging the question
red herring
7. 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.
alphabet knowledge
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
universal grammar
revision and editing
8. A humorous form that mimics the styles of another work - like song parodies
spelling
parody
Milestones in Reading/early alphabetic
Milestones in Spelling/semi - phonetic stage
9. Language that does not literally mean what it says - like the 'black bat night has flown the coop'
publication
figurative language
personification
spelling inventory
10. A technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit
alphabet knowledge
fluency
Child directed speech
brainstorming
11. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements
informal assessment
grapheme
topic sentence
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
12. A reference to something outside a work of literature - like to a literary event - person or work
high frequency word recognition
allusion
satire
begging the question
13. Occurs grades two to three: children can read larger words in print and accuracy and speed in reading are stressed
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
topic sentence
metalinguistic awareness
red herring
14. Intermediate language fluency
Milestones in Spelling/pre - communicative
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
brainstorming
non - fiction
15. Knows about books and that books tell stories
second language acuqisition
concepts about print
parody
metalinguistic awareness
16. When children realize that letters represent sounds - may know only a few letters in the alphabet
Milestones in Spelling/pre - communicative
syntax
pragmatics
spelling inventory
17. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)
second language acuqisition
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
topic sentence
publication
18. A modifier that is placed to close to a word that it should not modify
misplaced modifier
universal grammar
body sentence
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
19. Children with low phonological awareness who also have trouble blending speech sounds and segmenting
short story
pragmatics
syntax
dyslexia
20. An assumption without argument - Because I always tell the truth - I am not lying to you now.
biography
false casality
begging the question
mind map
21. An attack launched against a person and the person's position - 'the candidate is a cowardly man'
ad hominem
language acquisition device
pursuasive writing and speech
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
22. Refcognizes word recognition out of context
ad hominem
high frequency word recognition
publication
satire
23. Decoding and creating written words - using proper spelling - also includes the ability to listen - speak - read - and write and obtain and retrieve information
reading
literacy
Milestones in Reading/ornographic
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
24. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language
archetypes
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
habituation
language acquisition device
25. The social - physical and cultural backgrounds that affect how language is learned
pragmatics
pursuasive writing and speech
parody
Milestones in Spelling/pre - communicative
26. 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
informal assessment
mind map
first draft
Milestones of language acquistion/two to five years
27. 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
phonology
syntax
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
reading
28. A sentence that is often the last or next - to - last sentence and is the least essential in the paragraph
compound sentences
concepts of print
concluding sentence
parody
29. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning
myth
language acquisition device
fast mapping
spelling
30. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness
metacognitive approach
ad hominem
mind map
personification
31. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
squinting modifier
grapheme
morphology
32. A noun - or noun phrase - that names the noun next to it - like 'The insect - a cockroach....'
simile
reading
syntax
appositive
33. Early word errors that toddlers make
Milestones of language acquistion/one to two years
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
underextensions
dyslexia
34. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'
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35. Telegraphic speech(words without affixes or function words)
underextensions
archetypes
Milestones of language acquistion/eighteen months to thirty months
figurative language
36. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory
overgeneralization
red herring
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
misplaced modifier
37. Written representation of a 'phoneme' (the letter 'b' or 'p')
figurative language
faulty logic
grapheme
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
38. 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
first draft
Milestones in Spelling/transitional stage
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
dyslexia
39. The realization that occurs in kindergarten that words should be read from left to right
satire
false casality
concepts of print
habituation
40. The ability to read with the appropriate speed and intonation
fast mapping
satire
paragraph
fluency
41. The idea of stereotyping - don't trust someone over thirty
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
overgeneralization
semantics
misplaced modifier
42. An author's account of their life
Milestones in Reading/milddle to late alphabetic
Milestones of language acquistion/five to seven years
formal assessment
autobiography
43. Two letters that make one speech sound - like 'th' or 'sh'
digraph
syntax
dyslexia
allegory
44. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered
underextensions
metalinguistic awareness
'r - controlled'
mind map
45. Being convineced by a position's popularity
publication
bandwagon effect
topic sentence
high frequency word recognition
46. A story that was used to make sense of the world - like a story about a higher power
body sentence
oral reading inventory
myth
overgeneralization
47. Treating two or more coincidences as if one caused the other 'Martin Luther King's birth caused the civil rights march'
Milestones in Spelling/correct stage
parody
false casality
spelling inventory
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
semantics
appositive
begging the question
zone of proximal development
49. A write - up of the essay that gets every idea down on the sheet of opaper
first draft
overgeneralization
concepts about print
second language acuqisition
50. What the paragraph is all about - usually the first sentence
topic sentence
second language acuqisition
brainstorming
spelling inventory