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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. 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.






3. 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






4. Angela and Jay dance.






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






6. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






9. Study of the history and origin of words






10. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






11. Each other - one another






12. 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).






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






14. Marks






15. Angela dances.






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






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






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






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






20. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






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






22. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






28. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






29. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






44. Show possession or ownership my - mine - your(s) - his - her(s) - its - our(s) - their(s) - whose e.g. If this book isn't HERS - then it must be MINE.






45. 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.






46. 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.)






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






48. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






49. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






50. 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) -