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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






2. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






5. Angela dances.






6. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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






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






9. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






10. Each other - one another






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






12. 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).






13. 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.






14. American Psycological Association






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






22. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






24. 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.






25. Study of the structure of words






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






27. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






28. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






29. 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).






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. 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






34. Angela and Jay dance.






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house






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






40. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






41. The study of the structure of sentences






42. 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.)






43. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






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