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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Question Mark
Reference works
Effective Sentence
2. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Dash
Participle Verb
Parentheses
Comparison
3. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Counterpoint
Cause and Effect
Writing Activities
Phrasal Pronouns
4. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Simple Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Antecedent
Conditional Sentence
5. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Transitive Verbs
Illustration
Collective Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
6. Modern Language Association
Collective Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
MLA
Sarcasm
7. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Collective Nouns
Comparison
Brackets
Adjective
8. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Writing Activities
Sarcasm
Imperative Sentence
9. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Transitive Verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Praise
10. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Adjective
Classification
Brackets
Demonstrative Pronouns
11. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Hyphen
Types of Source Material for Writing
Adjective
Relative Pronouns
12. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Intensive Pronouns
Feminine Nouns
Clauses
Interrogative Sentence
13. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Cause and Effect
Ineffective Sentences
Sociolinguistics
Morphology
14. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Internet
Possessive Case Pronoun
Singular Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
15. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
To cite a book in APA format
Intransitive Verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
16. 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.
Masculine Nouns
Participle Verb
English origins
Phonology
17. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Psycholinguistics
Transitive Verbs
Climax
Clauses
18. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
Tone
Writing Activities
Conditional Sentence
19. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Tone
How to site for a book in MLA format
location
Transitive Verbs
20. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Present Perfect Tense
Concrete Nouns
Verbs
Student - created sources
21. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Abstract Nouns
Parentheses
Phrases
Possessive Case Pronoun
22. The study of meaning in a language
Cause and Effect
Style
Sematics
point of view
23. American Psycological Association
APA?
Gerund
Brackets
Objective Case Pronoun
24. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Pragmatics
Parentheses
Simple Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
25. 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
APA?
Indefinite Pronouns
Participle Verb
Dash
26. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Exclamatory Sentence
Interrogative Pronouns
Period
Pragmatics
27. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Proper Nouns
Pragmatics
Climax
Possessive Pronouns
28. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Neutral Nouns
Doublespeak
Independent clause with two phrases
Nominative Case Noun
29. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Feminine Nouns
Relative Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
30. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Counterpoint
point of view
Relative Pronouns
Effective Sentence
31. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Objective Case Noun
Gerund
Etymology
Declarative Sentence
32. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Counterpoint
Independent clause with two phrases
Question Mark
33. 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.
Abstract Nouns
Comma
Antecedent
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
34. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Brackets
Plural Nouns
Possessive Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
35. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Writing Activities
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Phonetics
Transitive Verbs
36. 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
Past Tense
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Infinitive Verb
Hyphen
37. 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.
Hyphen
Sociolinguistics
Student - created sources
Reciprocal Pronouns
38. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Compound subject - single predicate
Phonology
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Conditional Sentence
39. Study of the history and origin of words
Complex Sentence
Etymology
To cite a book in APA format
Declarative Sentence
40. The study of the structure of sentences
point of view
Syntax
Proper Nouns
MLA
41. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Declarative Sentence
Illustration
Simple Sentence
Exclamation Point
42. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Ineffective Sentences
Independent clause with two phrases
Interrogative Sentence
43. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Complex Sentence
Sociolinguistics
Compound subject - compound predicate
Question Mark
44. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Apostrophe
Gerund
Ambiguity
45. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Reflective Pronouns
Exclamation Point
Concrete Nouns
Intensive Pronouns
46. 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.
Participle Verb
Classification
Relative Pronouns
Transitive Verbs
47. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Compound subject - single predicate
Future Perfect Tense
Antecedent
Comma
48. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Personal Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Verbs
49. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Participle Verb
Verbs
Brackets
50. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
English origins
Student - created sources
Singular Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun