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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






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






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






4. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






5. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






6. 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.






7. 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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






13. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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).






15. E.g. floor - desk - computer






16. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






17. 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.






18. American Psycological Association






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






26. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






27. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






28. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






37. Angela and Jay dance.






38. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






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






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






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






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






43. Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause (who - whom - whose - which - that and all of the W's + ever) e.g. The person THAT gave you the book is the boy WHO likes me.






44. Shows possession or ownership






45. Each other - one another






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition