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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Abstract Nouns
Complex Sentence
Sarcasm
Ethnolinguistics
2. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Future Tense
Concrete Nouns
English origins
3. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Clauses
location
Indefinite Nouns
Chronological order
4. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Verbs
Euphemism
Possessive Case Pronoun
Compound subject - single predicate
5. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Chronological order
Phonology
Compound subject - compound predicate
Doublespeak
6. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Objective Case Noun
Indefinite Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Internet
7. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Relative Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Proper Nouns
Complex Sentence
8. 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.)
Compound subject - compound predicate
Gerund
Complex Sentence
Past Tense
9. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Simple Sentence
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Adverbs
Linking or Connecting Verbs
10. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Sarcasm
point of view
Comparison
Plural Nouns
11. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Common Nouns
Effective Sentence
Past Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
12. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Effective Sentence
Reference works
Past Perfect Tense
Clauses
13. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Relative Pronouns
Simple Pronouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Sematics
14. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Antecedent
Dash
Illustration
Past Perfect Tense
15. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Clauses
Present Tense
Imperative Sentence
Sarcasm
16. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Interrogative Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Adjective
Sarcasm
17. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Ethnolinguistics
Nominative Case Pronoun
Climax
Neutral Nouns
18. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Interrogative Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
19. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Psycholinguistics
Interrogative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
20. 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) -
Jargon
Comma
Complex Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
21. Marks
location
Participle Verb
Brackets
Relative Pronouns
22. A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
English origins
Indefinite Nouns
Student - created sources
Style
23. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Transitive Verbs
Writing Activities
Present Tense
24. 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.
Nominative Case Pronoun
Simple Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Simple Sentence
25. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Relative Pronouns
Common Nouns
Adjective
Ambiguity
26. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Phrases
Jargon
27. Film - art - media and so on
Compound subject - single predicate
Other sources
Comparison
Collective Nouns
28. 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).
Abstract Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Sociolinguistics
Reference works
29. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Counterpoint
Tone
Period
Nominative Case Noun
30. The study of the structure of sentences
Collective Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Dash
Syntax
31. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Reflective Pronouns
Phonetics
Psycholinguistics
Compound Sentence
32. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Concrete Nouns
Chronological order
Doublespeak
33. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
To cite a book in APA format
Exclamatory Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Reciprocal Pronouns
34. The order in which events happen in time.
Past Perfect Tense
Chronological order
point of view
Effective Sentence
35. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Sociolinguistics
Masculine Nouns
Gerund
Interrogative Sentence
36. 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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Imperative Sentence
Past Tense
Intransitive Verbs
37. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
To cite a book in APA format
Future Perfect Tense
Phrasal Pronouns
38. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Compound subject - compound predicate
Phrases
Writing Activities
Objective Case Pronoun
39. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Euphemism
Neutral Nouns
Gerund
point of view
40. 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
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Apostrophe
Possessive Case Noun
41. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Other sources
Objective Case Pronoun
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Gerund
42. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Demonstrative Pronouns
Participle Verb
Phrases
How to site for a book in MLA format
43. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Psycholinguistics
Ambiguity
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Phrasal Pronouns
44. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Chronological order
Abstract Nouns
Plural Nouns
Verbs
45. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Possessive Case Pronoun
Abstract Nouns
Internet
Neutral Nouns
46. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
To cite a book in APA format
Nominative Case Pronoun
Complex Sentence
Internet
47. 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.
Praise
Compound Sentence
Hyphen
Phonetics
48. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
location
Intransitive Verbs
Indefinite Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
49. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Reference works
Hyphen
Types of Source Material for Writing
Illustration
50. American Psycological Association
Exclamatory Sentence
Future Tense
Comparison
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