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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






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






3. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






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






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






8. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






9. 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.






10. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






11. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






12. Each other - one another






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






14. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






15. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






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






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






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






19. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






20. 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'






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






22. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.






23. 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.






24. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






25. 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






26. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






27. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






28. 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.






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






30. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






37. 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.






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






39. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






40. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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






46. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. 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