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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






2. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






3. Marks






4. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






5. Study of the structure of words






6. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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






9. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






10. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






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






12. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






13. 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'






14. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






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






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






17. Each other - one another






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






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






20. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






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






32. Study of the history and origin of words






33. 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) -






34. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






35. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






36. 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).






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






41. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions Ex: Perry wants to stay in shape - so he rides his bicycle for exercise.






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






43. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. 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.