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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






2. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






3. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






4. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






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






6. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






7. Angela dances.






8. American Psycological Association






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Film - art - media and so on






14. 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






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






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






17. Angela and Jay dance.






18. 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






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






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






21. Shows possession or ownership






22. 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).






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






32. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Ex: If you want to stay healthy(dependent c.) - you must choose your food carefully(independent c.)






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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) -






45. Each other - one another






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






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






48. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






49. Modern Language Association






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