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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Ambiguity
Neutral Nouns
English origins
Future Tense
2. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Intensive Pronouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Comparison
Simple Pronouns
3. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Doublespeak
Infinitive Verb
Sematics
Morphology
4. American Psycological Association
APA?
Objective Case Noun
Neutral Nouns
Complex Sentence
5. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Past Tense
Intensive Pronouns
Brackets
6. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Objective Case Noun
Phonetics
Objective Case Pronoun
Nominative Case Noun
7. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Possessive Case Noun
Past Perfect Tense
Participle Verb
Interrogative Sentence
8. 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).
Interrogative Sentence
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Sematics
Feminine Nouns
9. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Interrogative Pronouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Transitive Verbs
Concrete Nouns
10. 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
Phonology
Illustration
Nominative Case Pronoun
Gerund
11. A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
Style
Phonology
Internet
Linking or Connecting Verbs
12. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Conditional Sentence
Abstract Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
English origins
13. The study of the structure of sentences
Apostrophe
Syntax
Neutral Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
14. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Comparison
Compound subject - single predicate
Interrogative Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
15. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
point of view
Objective Case Pronoun
Compound Sentence
Phonology
16. Every language as a dialect of an older communication form. Example: English two main dialects - British English and American English and they are close political allies
Question Mark
Phrasal Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
17. 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.
Antecedent
Phonology
Phrases
MLA
18. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Counterpoint
Reflective Pronouns
Past Tense
Feminine Nouns
19. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Simple Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
Common Nouns
20. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Simple Pronouns
21. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Morphology
Euphemism
Plural Nouns
Declarative Sentence
22. 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
Adverbs
Indefinite Pronouns
Cause and Effect
Hyphen
23. 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.)
Independent clause with two phrases
Ambiguity
Complex Sentence
Simple Sentence
24. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Climax
Present Tense
Rhetoric organizational patterns
How to site for a book in MLA format
25. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Relative Pronouns
Compound Pronouns
Praise
Internet
26. Modern Language Association
MLA
Gerund
Proper Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
27. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Parentheses
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Abstract Nouns
Euphemism
28. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Doublespeak
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Adverbs
29. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Exclamation Point
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Conditional Sentence
Single Subject - Single Predicate
30. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
location
Phrasal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Past Perfect Tense
31. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Dash
Personal Pronouns
Common Nouns
32. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill. SWIMMING is Alice's favourite form of exercise.
Reflective Pronouns
Gerund
Classification
Plural Nouns
33. Shows possession or ownership
Clauses
Possessive Case Noun
Verbs
Compound Pronouns
34. 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
Compound Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Intensive Pronouns
MLA
35. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Apostrophe
How to site for a book in MLA format
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Possessive Case Noun
36. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Future Tense
Sociolinguistics
Future Perfect Tense
37. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Comma
Sarcasm
Possessive Case Pronoun
Etymology
38. 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
Phonetics
Dash
Illustration
Intransitive Verbs
39. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Euphemism
Participle Verb
Parentheses
Collective Nouns
40. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Concrete Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Comma
Exclamatory Sentence
41. 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
Exclamation Point
Dash
Intensive Pronouns
Hyphen
42. Angela dances.
Apostrophe
Single Subject - Single Predicate
point of view
Conditional Sentence
43. Show possession or ownership my - mine - your(s) - his - her(s) - its - our(s) - their(s) - whose e.g. If this book isn't HERS - then it must be MINE.
Possessive Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
Student - created sources
44. 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).
How to site for a book in MLA format
Sematics
Sarcasm
Transitive Verbs
45. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Collective Nouns
Imperative Sentence
Complex Sentence
Student - created sources
46. Angela and Jay dance.
Nominative Case Noun
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Possessive Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
47. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Other sources
Phonology
Present Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
48. 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.
Writing Activities
Parentheses
Relative Pronouns
Jargon
49. 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'
Neutral Nouns
Participle Verb
Adverbs
Effective Sentence
50. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Interrogative Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Ambiguity
Simple Sentence