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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Angela and Jay dance.
Antecedent
How to site for a book in MLA format
Plural Nouns
Compound subject - single predicate
2. Study of the structure of words
Present Perfect Tense
Comma
Morphology
Sematics
3. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Sarcasm
Possessive Case Pronoun
Adjective
Future Perfect Tense
4. Each other - one another
Future Perfect Tense
Phrasal Pronouns
Parentheses
Pragmatics
5. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Pragmatics
Exclamation Point
Praise
6. 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
Intransitive Verbs
Proper Nouns
Apostrophe
Objective Case Pronoun
7. 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
Reflective Pronouns
Adjective
Writing Activities
Nominative Case Pronoun
8. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Adjective
Future Perfect Tense
Apostrophe
Types of Source Material for Writing
9. Unnatural language - such as cliches and inappropriate jargon - Nonstandard language or unparallel construction - Errors such as disagreement between pronouns and referent - Short - stilted sentences; run - on sentenences; or sentence fragments
Abstract Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
Future Perfect Tense
Indefinite Nouns
10. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Interrogative Pronouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Compound Sentence
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
11. Angela dances.
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Compound subject - compound predicate
Nominative Case Pronoun
Nominative Case Noun
12. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Etymology
Feminine Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
Exclamation Point
13. Marks
Brackets
Future Tense
Climax
Phrases
14. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
point of view
Verbs
Adverbs
Feminine Nouns
15. 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) -
Participle Verb
Doublespeak
Indefinite Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
16. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Adverbs
Ethnolinguistics
How to site for a book in MLA format
Abstract Nouns
17. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Past Perfect Tense
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Effective Sentence
Sarcasm
18. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Possessive Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
Feminine Nouns
19. Study of the history and origin of words
Etymology
Reference works
Clauses
Imperative Sentence
20. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Pragmatics
Writing Activities
Nominative Case Pronoun
21. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Question Mark
Compound Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
22. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Psycholinguistics
Reciprocal Pronouns
Praise
Collective Nouns
23. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Praise
Simple Sentence
Classification
24. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Compound Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Proper Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
25. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Neutral Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Counterpoint
Period
26. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
point of view
Independent clause with two phrases
Simple Sentence
27. 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
Ambiguity
To cite a book in APA format
Infinitive Verb
Possessive Case Noun
28. Modern Language Association
Apostrophe
Exclamation Point
Rhetoric organizational patterns
MLA
29. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Compound subject - compound predicate
Compound subject - single predicate
Demonstrative Pronouns
Counterpoint
30. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Participle Verb
Question Mark
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Simple Pronouns
31. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Verbs
point of view
Comparison
Phonetics
32. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Morphology
Present Perfect Tense
Student - created sources
Past Perfect Tense
33. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Praise
Verbs
Ethnolinguistics
Exclamation Point
34. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
APA?
Common Nouns
Climax
Objective Case Pronoun
35. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Phonetics
Indefinite Nouns
Compound Pronouns
Hyphen
36. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Objective Case Pronoun
Verbs
Comma
Transitive Verbs
37. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Indefinite Nouns
Comma
Brackets
Classification
38. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Objective Case Pronoun
To cite a book in APA format
Verbs
Comparison
39. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Future Tense
Participle Verb
Interrogative Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
40. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Other sources
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Phonology
Brackets
41. Anglo - Saxon - which is a dialect of West Germanic. Half of the words in English come from French. Scientific words in English often have Greek or Latin roots.
Writing Activities
Linking or Connecting Verbs
English origins
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
42. 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.)
Complex Sentence
Style
Period
Concrete Nouns
43. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Sociolinguistics
Compound subject - single predicate
Cause and Effect
APA?
44. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Past Tense
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Singular Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
45. Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause (who - whom - whose - which - that and all of the W's + ever) e.g. The person THAT gave you the book is the boy WHO likes me.
Exclamation Point
Pragmatics
Relative Pronouns
Sarcasm
46. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Other sources
Declarative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
Imperative Sentence
47. The order in which events happen in time.
Illustration
Transitive Verbs
location
Chronological order
48. 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.
Phonetics
Compound Sentence
Phrases
Proper Nouns
49. These help the main word verb describe action that happened in the past - is happening in the present - or will happen in the future; have - had - has - could - will have - will - shall - am - is
Conditional Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
point of view
How to site for a book in MLA format
50. An interchange of the action started by the verb. There are only two in English: EACH OTHER for an involving two and ONE ANOTHER for an interaction involving three or more. e.g. After the debate - the two opponents shook hands with EACH OTHER.
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Sematics
Abstract Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns