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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. Angela dances.
Compound subject - single predicate
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Independent clause with two phrases
Syntax
2. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Compound Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Relative Pronouns
Classification
3. The study of the structure of sentences
Etymology
Climax
Syntax
Singular Nouns
4. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Neutral Nouns
Complex Sentence
Ambiguity
Brackets
5. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Compound subject - single predicate
Future Perfect Tense
Participle Verb
6. 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
Transitive Verbs
Reciprocal Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Dash
7. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Plural Nouns
Doublespeak
Feminine Nouns
Comparison
8. 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.
Objective Case Pronoun
English origins
Comparison
Phonetics
9. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Exclamation Point
Reflective Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Sociolinguistics
10. 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.)
Complex Sentence
Adjective
location
Doublespeak
11. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Future Tense
Possessive Case Pronoun
location
Brackets
12. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Common Nouns
Present Tense
Pragmatics
Praise
13. Angela and Jay dance.
Interrogative Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Morphology
Single Subject - Single Predicate
14. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Sematics
Jargon
Simple Pronouns
Verbs
15. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Internet
MLA
Types of Source Material for Writing
Compound Pronouns
16. Study of the structure of words
Brackets
Reference works
Morphology
Complex Sentence
17. 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
Nominative Case Pronoun
Pragmatics
English origins
Proper Nouns
18. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Reference works
Nominative Case Pronoun
Ambiguity
Clauses
19. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Effective Sentence
Climax
Etymology
Verbs
20. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Ambiguity
How to site for a book in MLA format
Masculine Nouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
21. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Question Mark
Masculine Nouns
Sematics
Phrasal Pronouns
22. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Types of Source Material for Writing
Adverbs
Plural Nouns
23. 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
Common Nouns
Dash
Chronological order
24. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Period
Compound subject - compound predicate
Simple Pronouns
Verbs
25. The study of meaning in a language
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Effective Sentence
Sematics
Reflective Pronouns
26. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Phrases
Reciprocal Pronouns
Internet
Abstract Nouns
27. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Complex Sentence
Future Tense
Pragmatics
Objective Case Pronoun
28. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Intransitive Verbs
APA?
Simple Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
29. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Classification
Past Perfect Tense
Sematics
Adjective
30. 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).
Exclamation Point
Transitive Verbs
Antecedent
Reciprocal Pronouns
31. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Indefinite Nouns
Exclamation Point
Student - created sources
32. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Feminine Nouns
Complex Sentence
Compound subject - compound predicate
Reflective Pronouns
33. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Concrete Nouns
Illustration
Ethnolinguistics
Sematics
34. 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.
Chronological order
Antecedent
Personal Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
35. 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 Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Verbs
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
36. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Relative Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Effective Sentence
Past Tense
37. Marks
Chronological order
Question Mark
Brackets
Etymology
38. 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.
Personal Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Clauses
Reference works
39. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
MLA
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Interrogative Sentence
APA?
40. Study of the history and origin of words
APA?
Etymology
Nominative Case Pronoun
Climax
41. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Clauses
Pragmatics
MLA
Compound subject - compound predicate
42. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Imperative Sentence
Intensive Pronouns
Adjective
43. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Etymology
Collective Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Illustration
44. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Cause and Effect
Comparison
Phonetics
Relative Pronouns
45. Film - art - media and so on
Possessive Case Noun
Cause and Effect
Internet
Other sources
46. Each other - one another
Possessive Case Pronoun
Phrasal Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
Counterpoint
47. 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
Masculine Nouns
Adjective
Phonetics
Style
48. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
MLA
Transitive Verbs
Past Tense
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
49. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Comma
Phonetics
Doublespeak
Internet
50. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Simple Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Reference works
Interrogative Sentence
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