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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






2. American Psycological Association






3. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






4. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






5. Study of the history and origin of words






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






7. 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).






8. Film - art - media and so on






9. 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






10. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






11. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






12. 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






13. A perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future e.g. By this time next year - Stephen 'will have completed' all the course work for his HVAC certification.






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






15. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






17. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






23. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






24. Study of the structure of words






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






26. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






27. 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'






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






29. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.






30. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






31. 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






32. The order in which events happen in time.






33. Modern Language Association






34. The study of the structure of sentences






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






36. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






37. 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.)






38. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






39. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






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






41. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






42. 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






43. E.g. floor - desk - computer






44. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.






45. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






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






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






50. 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.