CSET subtest 1 English

Which website talks about smoking diseases?

CDC.gov

Which is a compound sentence?

I don’t like to fish, but I’ll go for the ride. (two clauses seperated by comma and conjunction.

A writing describing a women, deborah, a former soldier and now farmers wife, and her life. Husband to do the work and she still longs to look over the hills and travel. What kind of writing is this? What style?

Biographical sketch/foreshadowing

Teacher uses Anne Frank above grade level and at grade level play in class. How does this benefit students?

enhances literacy

Which one would make the biggest impression of the media impact on children?

video clip of children reciting memorized slogan

What is the main benefits of using notes or an outline during an oral presentation as opposed to reading a written paper?

conversational tone

Writers’ prewriting (brainstorming) stage helps readers orgainize?

connect ideas

what is purpose of webbing for pre-writing?

show relationships between ideas

what is the phonemic awareness of a kindergardener?

rhyming words

Alphabetic principle

connecting letters with their sounds to read and write

king and wolf story. What type is this?

fairytale

A teacher notice a student can read at an advanced level but not comprehend grade level. what answer is the cause of their difficulty?

background knowledge

What letters are articulated in the same way when said?

P/B

what passage/sentence needs citation?

passage with percentage “92%….'‘

Question about whether or not to include lots of background information in an article

prior knowledge

The question states someone wants to write to a newspaper editor for a call to action. What should the writer know beforehand?

concerns readers have

There is a poem that asked what kind of language is used or something: “the chimney lies”

personification (to make something humanistic)

Which capitalization is wrong?

In Australia, Summer is a long season. (summer is not capitalized)

How idioms and colloquialisms are related?

literal meaning

How to determine if informational text is bias or not?

lack of evidence

Which characteristics is a key indicator of fluency in an oral performance?

make it feel conversational

If kids can make jokes and riddles this is because?

Lexical ambiguity (using a word with one or more meanings)

What level of ELL acquisition if the student can express their own opinion?

intermediate fluency

What would change the base of the word? Adding what suffix?

adding “ment” to a verb

What type of behavior is atypical for a second language?

making the same mistake in both languages

Emily Dickerson poem starts off saying “success is counted sweetness”

stanza 1 is PARADOXICAL to stanza 2 & 3

What would a cover letter best be used for ?

to explain the document enclosed

What sentence is the correct form of using apostrophe?

correct answer: The students’ good grades showed they worked hard.

Child calling a blanket “kiki” and now the family calls a blanket “kiki”

this is called an idiolect (individual language)

Capitalization question: rule capitalize names and places. Which one is correct?

Senator Hodger the Capitol

What can a student notice from a paper/article that will make it appear free of bias?

Writer includes different points of view

what has at least one constant and one vowel?

syllable

What is missing in the complete citation of an anthology (poem)?

number of pages

Which of the following best explains how literacy in an alphabetic language other than English helps an individual to learn to read and write in English?

teaches letters form sounds and common speech sounds