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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Dash
Relative Pronouns
Plural Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
2. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Student - created sources
Morphology
Concrete Nouns
Etymology
3. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Sociolinguistics
Style
Compound Sentence
Independent clause with two phrases
4. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Compound subject - compound predicate
Possessive Pronouns
Classification
Compound subject - single predicate
5. 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.
Dash
Chronological order
Conditional Sentence
Antecedent
6. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Past Tense
Imperative Sentence
7. 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).
Objective Case Noun
Transitive Verbs
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Comparison
8. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Counterpoint
Chronological order
Clauses
Future Tense
9. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Phrases
Concrete Nouns
Phonology
Psycholinguistics
10. The order in which events happen in time.
Intensive Pronouns
Chronological order
Infinitive Verb
Linking or Connecting Verbs
11. 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.
Exclamation Point
Objective Case Noun
Reflective Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
12. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Transitive Verbs
Future Perfect Tense
Exclamation Point
13. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.
Present Perfect Tense
Counterpoint
Independent clause with two phrases
Euphemism
14. Shows possession or ownership
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Possessive Case Noun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Sarcasm
15. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Possessive Case Pronoun
English origins
Compound Pronouns
Sarcasm
16. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Abstract Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
How to site for a book in MLA format
17. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Comma
Ethnolinguistics
Antecedent
MLA
18. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Illustration
Intransitive Verbs
Proper Nouns
Exclamation Point
19. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Types of Source Material for Writing
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
Writing Activities
20. 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.
Future Perfect Tense
Question Mark
Syntax
Declarative Sentence
21. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Phrasal Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
22. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Jargon
Compound subject - single predicate
To cite a book in APA format
Participle Verb
23. 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
Ineffective Sentences
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Compound subject - single predicate
24. 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
Indefinite Pronouns
Question Mark
Period
25. 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).
Proper Nouns
Psycholinguistics
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Compound/ Complex Sentence
26. The study of meaning in a language
Doublespeak
Psycholinguistics
Sematics
Simple Sentence
27. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Indefinite Pronouns
Phonetics
Imperative Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
28. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Counterpoint
Simple Sentence
Writing Activities
Infinitive Verb
29. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Other sources
Reflective Pronouns
Chronological order
Past Tense
30. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Ethnolinguistics
APA?
Phrases
Indefinite Pronouns
31. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Sematics
Indefinite Pronouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Abstract Nouns
32. Angela dances.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Effective Sentence
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Imperative Sentence
33. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Phrases
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Ambiguity
Reciprocal Pronouns
34. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
Conditional Sentence
Hyphen
35. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Apostrophe
Morphology
Other sources
Doublespeak
36. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Phrasal Pronouns
Present Tense
Antecedent
Compound Pronouns
37. 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.
Compound subject - single predicate
Past Tense
Infinitive Verb
Intensive Pronouns
38. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Collective Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
Nominative Case Pronoun
39. 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) -
Ethnolinguistics
Collective Nouns
Verbs
Indefinite Pronouns
40. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Neutral Nouns
Participle Verb
Proper Nouns
Indefinite Nouns
41. The study of the structure of sentences
Hyphen
Pragmatics
Conditional Sentence
Syntax
42. 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
Chronological order
Tone
Hyphen
Ethnolinguistics
43. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Ethnolinguistics
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Dash
44. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Future Tense
Objective Case Noun
Objective Case Pronoun
Complex Sentence
45. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Praise
Internet
Present Perfect Tense
Clauses
46. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Phonology
Neutral Nouns
Objective Case Noun
47. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Brackets
Demonstrative Pronouns
Participle Verb
48. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Praise
Participle Verb
Adverbs
Feminine Nouns
49. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
Syntax
Compound subject - single predicate
Dash
50. 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
Feminine Nouns
Infinitive Verb
Collective Nouns
Chronological order