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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. Film - art - media and so on
Intransitive Verbs
Other sources
Reflective Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
2. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Comparison
Demonstrative Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
3. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Interrogative Pronouns
Illustration
Intransitive Verbs
Exclamation Point
4. 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).
Interrogative Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Question Mark
Transitive Verbs
5. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
English origins
Sarcasm
Past Perfect Tense
Period
6. 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.
Pragmatics
Adverbs
Compound Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
7. 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.
Writing Activities
Compound subject - single predicate
Conditional Sentence
Future Perfect Tense
8. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Phonology
Question Mark
Objective Case Noun
Transitive Verbs
9. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Simple Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
Dash
Imperative Sentence
10. Shows possession or ownership
Relative Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
Possessive Case Noun
Comparison
11. 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
Hyphen
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Compound subject - single predicate
Past Perfect Tense
12. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
To cite a book in APA format
Objective Case Noun
Independent clause with two phrases
Collective Nouns
13. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Infinitive Verb
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Jargon
Exclamatory Sentence
14. 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
Independent clause with two phrases
Morphology
Infinitive Verb
Past Perfect Tense
15. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Jargon
Reference works
Euphemism
Doublespeak
16. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Participle Verb
Collective Nouns
Style
Proper Nouns
17. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Student - created sources
Ambiguity
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Apostrophe
18. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Plural Nouns
Effective Sentence
Participle Verb
Internet
19. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
English origins
Future Tense
Counterpoint
Pragmatics
20. 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
Morphology
Sematics
Plural Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
21. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Adjective
Praise
Syntax
22. 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.
Reflective Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Comma
Student - created sources
23. 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).
Demonstrative Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
point of view
Compound/ Complex Sentence
24. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Ethnolinguistics
Parentheses
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Abstract Nouns
25. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Compound subject - single predicate
Conditional Sentence
Clauses
Comma
26. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Morphology
Exclamation Point
Neutral Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
27. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Comma
Apostrophe
Intensive Pronouns
28. 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.
Parentheses
Tone
Intensive Pronouns
Future Tense
29. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Common Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Tone
30. 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.
Personal Pronouns
Gerund
Writing Activities
Rhetoric organizational patterns
31. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Participle Verb
Nominative Case Noun
Ambiguity
32. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
How to site for a book in MLA format
Common Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
Masculine Nouns
33. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Morphology
Doublespeak
Verbs
34. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
MLA
Nominative Case Pronoun
Proper Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
35. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
Conditional Sentence
Future Tense
Nominative Case Pronoun
36. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Objective Case Noun
Demonstrative Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
37. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Demonstrative Pronouns
Counterpoint
Syntax
Tone
38. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Praise
MLA
Dash
Infinitive Verb
39. Each other - one another
Participle Verb
Phrasal Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
40. 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
Counterpoint
Intensive Pronouns
Writing Activities
Ineffective Sentences
41. 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
Dash
Demonstrative Pronouns
Effective Sentence
42. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Ineffective Sentences
Verbs
Psycholinguistics
Nominative Case Pronoun
43. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Doublespeak
Compound Sentence
Plural Nouns
Jargon
44. Modern Language Association
Interrogative Pronouns
Jargon
MLA
Antecedent
45. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Compound subject - compound predicate
Future Perfect Tense
Illustration
point of view
46. Study of the history and origin of words
Feminine Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Euphemism
Etymology
47. The order in which events happen in time.
Chronological order
Effective Sentence
Phonetics
Masculine Nouns
48. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Other sources
Comparison
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Writing Activities
49. 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.
Intensive Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
Reflective Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
50. Marks
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Brackets
Singular Nouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
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