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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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1. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






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

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6. 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






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






8. 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'






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Intermediate language fluency






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






32. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






34. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






35. An author's account of their life






36. 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






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






38. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






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






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






41. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory






42. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






45. A reference to something outside a work of literature - like to a literary event - person or work






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






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






48. An accurate history ofa single person






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






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