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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
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  • 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. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory






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






3. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






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






7. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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






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






12. An irrelevant point used to distract from an argument at hand






13. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'






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






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






16. An author's account of their life






17. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






18. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






21. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






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






23. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






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






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






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






28. A story that odriginated and deeloped over time and was passed on from generations to generations






29. 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'






30. 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






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






32. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






33. A modifier that could modify either two phrases before it. The executive entering the office hurriedly made the decision.affective filter - aka writer's block: a condition that leavesstudents feeling insecure about writing






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






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






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






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






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






39. Works that are invented by the writer






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






41. An accurate history ofa single person






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The comparison of two different objects using the word 'like' or 'as'







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