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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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.






2. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






3. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






4. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






5. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






6. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






7. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






8. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






9. 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






10. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






11. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






12. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






13. Study of the structure of words






14. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






15. 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






16. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






17. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






18. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children






19. Film - art - media and so on






20. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






21. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






22. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






23. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






24. 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






25. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






26. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






27. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






28. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






29. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






30. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






31. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






32. 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.






33. Angela and Jay dance.






34. Modern Language Association






35. The study of the structure of sentences






36. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






37. Verb that can be used as a adjective. Present ends in - ing -----*Past ends in ed.- d -- t -- en -- n (The TERRIFYING movie was rated 'R') Ex. 'singing waiter' and 'baked goods'






38. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






39. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






40. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






41. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






42. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






43. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






44. 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






45. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






46. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






47. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






48. 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






49. The study of meaning in a language






50. Each other - one another