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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. 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.






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






4. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






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






6. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






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






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






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






10. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






19. 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






20. Modern Language Association






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






28. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






29. 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.






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






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






32. Verbs that take a direct object - words or word groups that complete the meaning of a verb by naming a reciver of the action Ex. Daniel (subject) threw (transitive verb) the ball (direct object).






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Study of the structure of words






44. Shows possession or ownership






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






46. Marks






47. 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) -






48. The study of meaning in a language






49. The study of the structure of sentences






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