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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. 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.
Abstract Nouns
Declarative Sentence
Antecedent
Indefinite Nouns
2. Film - art - media and so on
Reflective Pronouns
Other sources
To cite a book in APA format
Period
3. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Conditional Sentence
English origins
Intensive Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
4. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Objective Case Pronoun
Comma
To cite a book in APA format
MLA
5. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Common Nouns
Doublespeak
Intensive Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
6. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Phonology
Classification
Ethnolinguistics
APA?
7. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Simple Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Illustration
Linking or Connecting Verbs
8. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Present Perfect Tense
English origins
9. 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.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Pragmatics
Compound Sentence
Jargon
10. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Exclamatory Sentence
Cause and Effect
Complex Sentence
Conditional Sentence
11. 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.
Declarative Sentence
MLA
Present Perfect Tense
Euphemism
12. 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
Apostrophe
Infinitive Verb
Writing Activities
Period
13. 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
Hyphen
Imperative Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
14. 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
Interrogative Sentence
Declarative Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
15. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Question Mark
Personal Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
16. 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
Masculine Nouns
Internet
Hyphen
Compound Sentence
17. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Exclamatory Sentence
Phrases
Compound subject - compound predicate
Common Nouns
18. 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'
Participle Verb
Simple Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Indefinite Nouns
19. Angela dances.
Complex Sentence
Ambiguity
Nominative Case Pronoun
Single Subject - Single Predicate
20. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Masculine Nouns
Indefinite Nouns
Brackets
Phrasal Pronouns
21. 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).
Proper Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Sarcasm
Present Perfect Tense
22. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Imperative Sentence
Tone
Feminine Nouns
Proper Nouns
23. 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
location
Reflective Pronouns
Dash
Compound subject - compound predicate
24. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Doublespeak
Effective Sentence
Comma
APA?
25. 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
Intransitive Verbs
Proper Nouns
Plural Nouns
Possessive Pronouns
26. Marks
Brackets
Comma
Pragmatics
Declarative Sentence
27. 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
Sociolinguistics
Nominative Case Pronoun
Objective Case Pronoun
Personal Pronouns
28. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Counterpoint
Reflective Pronouns
Effective Sentence
29. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Plural Nouns
Adverbs
Singular Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
30. 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.
Praise
Past Perfect Tense
Interrogative Pronouns
English origins
31. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Question Mark
Brackets
Reciprocal Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
32. 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.
Possessive Case Pronoun
Objective Case Noun
Style
Gerund
33. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Phonology
Counterpoint
Euphemism
Personal Pronouns
34. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Relative Pronouns
Reference works
Morphology
Compound/ Complex Sentence
35. A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
Present Perfect Tense
Masculine Nouns
Style
How to site for a book in MLA format
36. The order in which events happen in time.
Counterpoint
Chronological order
Apostrophe
Collective Nouns
37. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Past Tense
Exclamation Point
Proper Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
38. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Plural Nouns
Pragmatics
Past Tense
Syntax
39. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Personal Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Other sources
Past Tense
40. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Intransitive Verbs
Present Tense
Indefinite Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
41. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Present Tense
Internet
Cause and Effect
42. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Present Perfect Tense
Classification
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Jargon
43. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Climax
Nominative Case Pronoun
Praise
Possessive Case Pronoun
44. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Interrogative Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Chronological order
Tone
45. Angela and Jay dance.
Compound subject - single predicate
Interrogative Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Comma
46. 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).
Reflective Pronouns
Transitive Verbs
Writing Activities
Complex Sentence
47. Each other - one another
Independent clause with two phrases
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Phrasal Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
48. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Tone
Sociolinguistics
Simple Pronouns
49. The study of the structure of sentences
Syntax
Climax
Style
Independent clause with two phrases
50. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Past Tense
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Neutral Nouns