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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. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






2. 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






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






4. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






5. An accurate history ofa single person






6. Works that are invented by the writer






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






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






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






10. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






12. Early word errors that toddlers make






13. A group of sentences based on a similar topic






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






15. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






16. Cooing to babbling






17. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity and imagination






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






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






20. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






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






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






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






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






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






26. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Intermediate language fluency






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






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






40. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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