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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






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






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






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






6. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






8. 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.






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






10. The study of meaning in a language






11. Angela dances.






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






13. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






14. 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.






15. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






20. 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.)






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






22. 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






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






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






25. The order in which events happen in time.






26. E.g. floor - desk - computer






27. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






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






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






30. 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).






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






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






33. 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'






34. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






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






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






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






38. Study of the history and origin of words






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Modern Language Association






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






45. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






46. 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.






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






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






49. Each other - one another






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







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