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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. The study of meaning in a language






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






8. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






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






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






11. 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).






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






23. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






24. American Psycological Association






25. 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.






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






27. The writer shows how events and their results are related






28. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






29. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






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






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






32. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Marks






44. Study of the structure of words






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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.