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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






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






3. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Refer to or replace nouns in a general way. They are also used as adjectives. They are then followed by a noun - as in BOTH DOGS or EACH BOOK. all - any - anyone - both - each - either - every - many - neither - nobody - no one - nothing - other(s) -






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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






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






18. Angela and Jay dance.






19. The order in which events happen in time.






20. Film - art - media and so on






21. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






23. 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).






24. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. The study of the structure of sentences






31. American Psycological Association






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






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






34. Marks






35. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






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






39. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






45. Modern Language Association






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






47. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






48. 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.






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






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







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