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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






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






23. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






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






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






28. 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'






29. During initial instruction - children start to realize that the letter - sound correspondence is a principal...may spell words with a single letter like 'u' instead of 'you'






30. Understanding the fact that words are comprised of sounds known as phonemes






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






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






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






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






35. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






37. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






40. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. An accurate history ofa single person