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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






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






3. The study of meaning in a language






4. Study of the history and origin of words






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






6. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers. Each pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person and number. e.g. The BOYS are going to the game this weekend. THEY need to buy tickets.






7. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






8. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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) -






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






14. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






15. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






16. 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






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






18. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






20. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






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






22. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






24. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






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






26. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






27. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






29. American Psycological Association






30. Film - art - media and so on






31. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






32. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






33. 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






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






35. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






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






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






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






39. The study of the structure of sentences






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






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






49. Study of the structure of words






50. 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