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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Adverbs
To cite a book in APA format
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Praise
2. 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
Intransitive Verbs
Dash
Ethnolinguistics
Relative Pronouns
3. 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.
Participle Verb
Personal Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
Jargon
4. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Future Perfect Tense
Compound Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Verbs
5. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
Neutral Nouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Compound Sentence
6. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Reference works
Ambiguity
Counterpoint
Participle Verb
7. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers. Each pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person and number. e.g. The BOYS are going to the game this weekend. THEY need to buy tickets.
Comparison
Antecedent
Style
Reflective Pronouns
8. 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
Euphemism
Nominative Case Pronoun
location
Masculine Nouns
9. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Apostrophe
Participle Verb
Ineffective Sentences
How to site for a book in MLA format
10. 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
Reflective Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Euphemism
11. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
MLA
Writing Activities
Demonstrative Pronouns
Question Mark
12. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Infinitive Verb
Interrogative Pronouns
location
Indefinite Nouns
13. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Classification
Etymology
Dash
Sarcasm
14. 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.
Indefinite Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
Relative Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
15. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Counterpoint
Reflective Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Phrases
16. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Complex Sentence
Common Nouns
Tone
Intransitive Verbs
17. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Present Tense
18. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Interrogative Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
Clauses
19. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Past Tense
Plural Nouns
Classification
Singular Nouns
20. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Comparison
Indefinite Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
Parentheses
21. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Euphemism
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Complex Sentence
location
22. Verbs that take a direct object - words or word groups that complete the meaning of a verb by naming a reciver of the action Ex. Daniel (subject) threw (transitive verb) the ball (direct object).
Possessive Case Pronoun
Style
Transitive Verbs
Phrases
23. Marks
Concrete Nouns
Imperative Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Brackets
24. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Ambiguity
Effective Sentence
Parentheses
Jargon
25. 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'
Sematics
Future Perfect Tense
Participle Verb
Ineffective Sentences
26. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
Personal Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
English origins
27. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
point of view
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
location
Simple Pronouns
28. 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.)
Compound subject - compound predicate
Complex Sentence
Counterpoint
Masculine Nouns
29. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Simple Pronouns
Adverbs
30. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Doublespeak
Sematics
Past Perfect Tense
31. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Comparison
Collective Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
Past Tense
32. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Period
Possessive Case Noun
Linking or Connecting Verbs
To cite a book in APA format
33. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses Ex: When Sara turned seven (dependent c) - her mother planned a birthday party for her (independent c) - and Sara invited everyone in her class (independent c).
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Transitive Verbs
Doublespeak
34. 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.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Reciprocal Pronouns
Simple Pronouns
Feminine Nouns
35. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Morphology
Abstract Nouns
Participle Verb
Conditional Sentence
36. 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 Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
Hyphen
Abstract Nouns
37. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Transitive Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
Imperative Sentence
Abstract Nouns
38. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Antecedent
English origins
Transitive Verbs
39. 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
Psycholinguistics
Effective Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Types of Source Material for Writing
40. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
Verbs
Phrases
Neutral Nouns
41. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Phrasal Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Etymology
42. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Phonetics
Doublespeak
Interrogative Pronouns
43. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Etymology
Student - created sources
Interrogative Pronouns
44. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Masculine Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Apostrophe
Cause and Effect
45. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Simple Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
Verbs
Plural Nouns
46. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Present Perfect Tense
Student - created sources
Future Perfect Tense
Abstract Nouns
47. 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) -
Indefinite Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
Intransitive Verbs
Compound Pronouns
48. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Concrete Nouns
Tone
Sematics
Psycholinguistics
49. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Sarcasm
Period
Compound Pronouns
Common Nouns
50. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Feminine Nouns
Question Mark
Phonology
Adjective