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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. 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






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






3. 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.






4. American Psycological Association






5. 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) -






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






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






8. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. Shows possession or ownership






17. 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.






18. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






19. Study of the history and origin of words






20. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






28. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






29. 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






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






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. 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'






33. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






34. Modern Language Association






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






41. The study of meaning in a language






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






43. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children






44. 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.






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






46. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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