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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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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.
Writing Activities
Antecedent
Praise
Internet
2. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Declarative Sentence
Sarcasm
Collective Nouns
Comparison
3. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Declarative Sentence
Praise
Gerund
4. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Infinitive Verb
Tone
Reference works
Future Tense
5. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Illustration
location
Intransitive Verbs
Present Tense
6. Angela dances.
Phrasal Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Student - created sources
7. 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
Objective Case Noun
Proper Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Neutral Nouns
8. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Nominative Case Pronoun
Etymology
Cause and Effect
How to site for a book in MLA format
9. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Simple Sentence
Ambiguity
Indefinite Pronouns
MLA
10. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Parentheses
To cite a book in APA format
Feminine Nouns
Dash
11. 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).
Verbs
Pragmatics
Transitive Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
12. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Objective Case Noun
Masculine Nouns
Antecedent
Demonstrative Pronouns
13. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Infinitive Verb
Objective Case Noun
Possessive Case Noun
14. 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).
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Euphemism
Masculine Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
15. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Conditional Sentence
Hyphen
Sociolinguistics
Rhetoric organizational patterns
16. 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
Clauses
Interrogative Pronouns
Style
17. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Past Perfect Tense
Doublespeak
18. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
location
Euphemism
point of view
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
19. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Syntax
Antecedent
Parentheses
20. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Climax
Future Tense
Effective Sentence
Types of Source Material for Writing
21. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Compound Sentence
Interrogative Sentence
Proper Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
22. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Compound Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Internet
23. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Phrases
Student - created sources
Future Perfect Tense
Cause and Effect
24. Film - art - media and so on
Phonology
Nominative Case Noun
Other sources
Counterpoint
25. Marks
Infinitive Verb
Classification
Brackets
Future Tense
26. The study of the structure of sentences
Syntax
Infinitive Verb
Tone
Chronological order
27. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Euphemism
Interrogative Pronouns
Illustration
Abstract Nouns
28. 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
Hyphen
Illustration
Collective Nouns
Ambiguity
29. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Verbs
Sarcasm
Parentheses
Climax
30. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Objective Case Pronoun
Tone
Ambiguity
Style
31. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Types of Source Material for Writing
Antecedent
Question Mark
APA?
32. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Reciprocal Pronouns
Clauses
Other sources
Morphology
33. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Nominative Case Pronoun
Compound Pronouns
point of view
Present Perfect Tense
34. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Etymology
Independent clause with two phrases
Brackets
Phrasal Pronouns
35. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Phonetics
Sociolinguistics
Singular Nouns
Present Perfect Tense
36. Study of the history and origin of words
Phonology
Declarative Sentence
Participle Verb
Etymology
37. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Possessive Case Pronoun
Classification
Participle Verb
MLA
38. Each other - one another
Indefinite Pronouns
Effective Sentence
Proper Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
39. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Simple Pronouns
Counterpoint
Reciprocal Pronouns
40. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Pragmatics
Neutral Nouns
Gerund
Cause and Effect
41. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Classification
Tone
Jargon
Nominative Case Noun
42. Study of the structure of words
Feminine Nouns
Psycholinguistics
Morphology
Transitive Verbs
43. 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
To cite a book in APA format
Ineffective Sentences
Personal Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
44. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Objective Case Pronoun
Intransitive Verbs
Gerund
Sarcasm
45. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Collective Nouns
Participle Verb
Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
46. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Parentheses
Demonstrative Pronouns
point of view
47. The writer shows how events and their results are related
point of view
Effective Sentence
Cause and Effect
Indefinite Pronouns
48. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Compound subject - compound predicate
Ambiguity
Proper Nouns
point of view
49. 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.
Future Perfect Tense
Phonology
Pragmatics
Relative Pronouns
50. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Style
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Common Nouns
Sociolinguistics