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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






2. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






3. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






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






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






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






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.






8. Film - art - media and so on






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






10. Modern Language Association






11. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






12. Study of the history and origin of words






13. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






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






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






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






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






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






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.






21. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






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.






26. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






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'






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






32. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






33. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






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.






35. Angela dances.






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.






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






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






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






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






41. Each other - one another






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






43. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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.)






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






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






48. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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