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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 technique of pre - writing in which the writer writes any ideas without limit






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






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






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






5. An accurate history ofa single person






6. Early word errors that toddlers make






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






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. Sentence structure - which is noun - verb and adjective






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






11. Idenetify letters and can form letters






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






13. 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'






14. Being convineced by a position's popularity






15. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






17. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






20. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






21. Holophrastic speech (one word utters like ball)






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






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






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






25. Cooing to babbling






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






33. When children begin to use past tenses and plurals in speeches






34. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






35. Intermediate language fluency






36. An author's account of their life






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






38. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






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






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






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






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






43. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






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






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






48. An attack launched against a person and the person's position - 'the candidate is a cowardly man'






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






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