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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






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






4. Study of the history and origin of words






5. 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






6. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






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






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






12. Film - art - media and so on






13. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






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






15. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






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).






17. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






18. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






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






20. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






21. Marks






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. The order in which events happen in time.






30. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






31. Shows possession or ownership






32. E.g. floor - desk - computer






33. 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






34. Angela dances.






35. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






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






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






38. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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






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






50. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.