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






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






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






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






5. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






6. 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






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






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






9. An accurate history ofa single person






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






11. Works that are invented by the writer






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






13. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






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






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






16. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






18. A modifier that is placed to close to a word that it should not modify






19. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Early word errors that toddlers make






32. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






33. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






34. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective






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






39. 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






40. Children with low phonological awareness who also have trouble blending speech sounds and segmenting






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






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

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43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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