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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Possessive Case Pronoun
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Climax
Dash
2. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Parentheses
To cite a book in APA format
Abstract Nouns
Sociolinguistics
3. Modern Language Association
MLA
Personal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Indefinite Nouns
4. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Indefinite Nouns
Verbs
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Sociolinguistics
5. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Sarcasm
Plural Nouns
Phrases
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
6. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Effective Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
Demonstrative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
7. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Masculine Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Declarative Sentence
Feminine Nouns
8. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
Demonstrative Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Infinitive Verb
9. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Objective Case Pronoun
Compound subject - single predicate
Psycholinguistics
APA?
10. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Simple Sentence
Counterpoint
Objective Case Pronoun
Psycholinguistics
11. Verbs that do not require an object to express their meaning - the action they express is complete by itself - 'eat' 'Jump' e.g. The cat napped
Climax
Intransitive Verbs
Hyphen
Phrasal Pronouns
12. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Ex: If you want to stay healthy(dependent c.) - you must choose your food carefully(independent c.)
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Parentheses
Euphemism
Complex Sentence
13. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Collective Nouns
Jargon
Euphemism
Objective Case Noun
14. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.
Parentheses
Imperative Sentence
Present Perfect Tense
Ethnolinguistics
15. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun
Infinitive Verb
Concrete Nouns
Gerund
Present Perfect Tense
16. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Objective Case Pronoun
Counterpoint
APA?
Jargon
17. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Feminine Nouns
Writing Activities
Jargon
Apostrophe
18. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Conditional Sentence
Compound Pronouns
Simple Pronouns
Question Mark
19. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Verbs
Feminine Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Types of Source Material for Writing
20. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Indefinite Pronouns
Ambiguity
Types of Source Material for Writing
Rhetoric organizational patterns
21. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Praise
Neutral Nouns
Compound Sentence
22. Refer to or replace nouns in a general way. They are also used as adjectives. They are then followed by a noun - as in BOTH DOGS or EACH BOOK. all - any - anyone - both - each - either - every - many - neither - nobody - no one - nothing - other(s) -
Climax
Syntax
Personal Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
23. Angela dances.
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Objective Case Noun
Chronological order
Compound Sentence
24. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Syntax
Cause and Effect
Singular Nouns
Intransitive Verbs
25. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions Ex: Perry wants to stay in shape - so he rides his bicycle for exercise.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
Conditional Sentence
26. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Personal Pronouns
Student - created sources
Hyphen
Reflective Pronouns
27. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Intransitive Verbs
Tone
Future Tense
location
28. Study of the history and origin of words
Etymology
Nominative Case Pronoun
Interrogative Pronouns
Compound Sentence
29. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Future Tense
Relative Pronouns
Style
Phonology
30. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Question Mark
Tone
Interrogative Pronouns
31. American Psycological Association
Plural Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
APA?
Intransitive Verbs
32. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Common Nouns
point of view
Verbs
Independent clause with two phrases
33. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Sociolinguistics
To cite a book in APA format
Reciprocal Pronouns
Simple Sentence
34. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Doublespeak
Ambiguity
Adverbs
35. Refer to people or animals - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - me - him - her - us - them e.g. THEY told US that THEY were going to meet HER at the mall.
Parentheses
Conditional Sentence
Writing Activities
Personal Pronouns
36. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Masculine Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Possessive Case Pronoun
37. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Phonology
Classification
Simple Pronouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
38. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Nominative Case Noun
Simple Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
Effective Sentence
39. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Comma
Compound Sentence
Nominative Case Pronoun
Comparison
40. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Objective Case Noun
Present Tense
Cause and Effect
To cite a book in APA format
41. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Ethnolinguistics
Nominative Case Noun
Cause and Effect
Reference works
42. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Verbs
How to site for a book in MLA format
Independent clause with two phrases
Interrogative Pronouns
43. Study of the structure of words
Effective Sentence
Possessive Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Morphology
44. Shows possession or ownership
Clauses
Past Tense
Possessive Case Noun
Collective Nouns
45. Can be the subject of a clause - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - is a predicate nominative if it follows a 'be' verb or another linking verb and renames the subject
Nominative Case Pronoun
Present Perfect Tense
Nominative Case Noun
Sarcasm
46. A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
Past Tense
Independent clause with two phrases
Dash
Interrogative Sentence
47. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Hyphen
Imperative Sentence
Compound subject - compound predicate
Collective Nouns
48. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Common Nouns
Simple Sentence
Compound Pronouns
49. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Independent clause with two phrases
Internet
Exclamatory Sentence
Participle Verb
50. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Past Tense
Comma
Counterpoint
Intransitive Verbs