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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Reciprocal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Nominative Case Noun
Hyphen
2. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Neutral Nouns
Effective Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
Future Tense
3. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Possessive Case Noun
Neutral Nouns
4. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Brackets
Intransitive Verbs
Ethnolinguistics
Sarcasm
5. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Exclamatory Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
point of view
Comparison
6. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Cause and Effect
Feminine Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
7. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Cause and Effect
Past Perfect Tense
Nominative Case Noun
Possessive Case Noun
8. Film - art - media and so on
Future Perfect Tense
Other sources
MLA
Participle Verb
9. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
Euphemism
Reference works
Pragmatics
10. Modern Language Association
point of view
MLA
Indefinite Pronouns
Praise
11. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Abstract Nouns
Verbs
Reference works
Exclamatory Sentence
12. Study of the history and origin of words
Comma
Future Perfect Tense
Etymology
Objective Case Noun
13. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Objective Case Pronoun
Imperative Sentence
Past Tense
Present Tense
14. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Past Tense
Style
Exclamation Point
Participle Verb
15. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Internet
Present Perfect Tense
Apostrophe
Complex Sentence
16. 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).
Intransitive Verbs
Transitive Verbs
Morphology
Objective Case Pronoun
17. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Participle Verb
Euphemism
Psycholinguistics
Adverbs
18. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Apostrophe
Hyphen
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Relative Pronouns
19. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Phrases
Nominative Case Pronoun
Compound subject - compound predicate
Writing Activities
20. 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.
Period
Ambiguity
Gerund
Intensive Pronouns
21. The order in which events happen in time.
Interrogative Pronouns
Jargon
Chronological order
Plural Nouns
22. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Exclamatory Sentence
Collective Nouns
Participle Verb
23. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Tone
Conditional Sentence
Comparison
Internet
24. 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
Interrogative Sentence
Apostrophe
Nominative Case Pronoun
Imperative Sentence
25. 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.
Phonetics
Future Perfect Tense
Reflective Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
26. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
APA?
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Jargon
Declarative Sentence
27. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Past Perfect Tense
Comma
Interrogative Sentence
Syntax
28. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Exclamation Point
Clauses
Indefinite Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
29. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Interrogative Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Reciprocal Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
30. 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'
Participle Verb
Relative Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Apostrophe
31. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Brackets
Past Perfect Tense
Phonetics
Intransitive Verbs
32. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Common Nouns
Masculine Nouns
Present Tense
Praise
33. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
MLA
Abstract Nouns
Classification
Comparison
34. 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.
Present Perfect Tense
Other sources
Cause and Effect
Personal Pronouns
35. Angela dances.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Chronological order
Syntax
36. An interchange of the action started by the verb. There are only two in English: EACH OTHER for an involving two and ONE ANOTHER for an interaction involving three or more. e.g. After the debate - the two opponents shook hands with EACH OTHER.
Reflective Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
Reciprocal Pronouns
Counterpoint
37. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Rhetoric organizational patterns
point of view
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
38. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
location
Personal Pronouns
Classification
Euphemism
39. 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
Brackets
Psycholinguistics
Dash
Possessive Case Noun
40. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Compound subject - compound predicate
Collective Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Future Perfect Tense
41. Each other - one another
Phrasal Pronouns
location
Pragmatics
Ineffective Sentences
42. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Relative Pronouns
Euphemism
Common Nouns
Plural Nouns
43. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Phrases
Sarcasm
Participle Verb
Phonetics
44. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Climax
Compound subject - compound predicate
Parentheses
Reciprocal Pronouns
45. 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.)
Question Mark
Types of Source Material for Writing
Complex Sentence
MLA
46. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Possessive Case Pronoun
Concrete Nouns
Indefinite Nouns
Dash
47. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Period
Student - created sources
Intensive Pronouns
Pragmatics
48. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Independent clause with two phrases
English origins
Compound subject - compound predicate
point of view
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.
Intensive Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
Counterpoint
APA?
50. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
Chronological order
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Adjective