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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






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






3. 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.






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






5. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






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






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






11. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






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






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






14. Angela and Jay dance.






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






16. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






25. 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.






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






27. The writer shows how events and their results are related






28. Study of the history and origin of words






29. 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.






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






31. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






32. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






33. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






34. The study of the structure of sentences






35. 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) -






36. 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






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






38. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






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






40. Study of the structure of words






41. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






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






43. 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.)






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






45. Each other - one another






46. 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






47. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






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






49. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






50. Shows possession or ownership