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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The order in which events happen in time.
Proper Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
Chronological order
2. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
Student - created sources
Effective Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
3. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Question Mark
Ambiguity
Abstract Nouns
Adjective
4. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Types of Source Material for Writing
Effective Sentence
Etymology
Singular Nouns
5. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Intransitive Verbs
Classification
Relative Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
6. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Climax
Past Tense
Praise
Chronological order
7. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Chronological order
Classification
8. 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
Comparison
Infinitive Verb
Internet
Dash
9. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Compound Pronouns
Adverbs
Sociolinguistics
Types of Source Material for Writing
10. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Reflective Pronouns
Phonetics
Euphemism
Phrasal Pronouns
11. The study of meaning in a language
Climax
Style
Sematics
Effective Sentence
12. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Sociolinguistics
Climax
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Common Nouns
13. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.
Present Perfect Tense
Style
Apostrophe
Intransitive Verbs
14. 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).
Ambiguity
Transitive Verbs
Independent clause with two phrases
Present Tense
15. 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
Euphemism
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
How to site for a book in MLA format
Relative Pronouns
16. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Comma
Nominative Case Pronoun
Past Perfect Tense
Singular Nouns
17. 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).
Ambiguity
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Collective Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
18. 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.
Brackets
point of view
Counterpoint
English origins
19. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Cause and Effect
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Parentheses
Verbs
20. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
How to site for a book in MLA format
Apostrophe
Writing Activities
Nominative Case Pronoun
21. 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.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Jargon
Linking or Connecting Verbs
22. Angela and Jay dance.
Interrogative Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Period
Simple Sentence
23. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Morphology
Indefinite Nouns
Common Nouns
24. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Conditional Sentence
Illustration
Jargon
Exclamation Point
25. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Demonstrative Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Writing Activities
Past Tense
26. American Psycological Association
Future Perfect Tense
Dash
APA?
Hyphen
27. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Past Tense
Counterpoint
Declarative Sentence
Sarcasm
28. 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'
Concrete Nouns
Counterpoint
Participle Verb
Exclamation Point
29. Modern Language Association
Style
Intransitive Verbs
Gerund
MLA
30. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Doublespeak
Masculine Nouns
Present Tense
Independent clause with two phrases
31. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Exclamation Point
Phrasal Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
32. 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 subject - compound predicate
Future Tense
Comma
Intransitive Verbs
33. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Jargon
Hyphen
Effective Sentence
Interrogative Sentence
34. Film - art - media and so on
Declarative Sentence
Clauses
Concrete Nouns
Other sources
35. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Future Perfect Tense
Jargon
Exclamatory Sentence
Compound subject - compound predicate
36. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Neutral Nouns
APA?
Apostrophe
37. 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
Morphology
Hyphen
Comparison
To cite a book in APA format
38. 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
APA?
Future Tense
Common Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
39. 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.
Personal Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Adjective
Brackets
40. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Plural Nouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Verbs
Simple Sentence
41. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Ambiguity
Compound Pronouns
English origins
42. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Adverbs
Intransitive Verbs
Pragmatics
Parentheses
43. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Nominative Case Noun
Exclamatory Sentence
Parentheses
Conditional Sentence
44. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Simple Pronouns
Present Tense
Dash
Rhetoric organizational patterns
45. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
Intransitive Verbs
Style
Classification
46. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Question Mark
Compound Pronouns
MLA
Common Nouns
47. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Internet
Sarcasm
Compound Pronouns
Hyphen
48. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Simple Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Infinitive Verb
Feminine Nouns
49. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Reflective Pronouns
Complex Sentence
Phonetics
Collective Nouns
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) -
Indefinite Pronouns
Present Tense
Phrasal Pronouns
Illustration