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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The order in which events happen in time.






2. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






3. 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).






4. 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






5. American Psycological Association






6. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






8. The study of meaning in a language






9. 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






10. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






18. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






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






27. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






38. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






39. 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






40. Angela dances.






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






42. 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






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






44. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






45. 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.)






46. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.