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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Nominative Case Pronoun
Ineffective Sentences
Proper Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
2. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Reflective Pronouns
Exclamation Point
Single Subject - Single Predicate
3. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Ineffective Sentences
Objective Case Pronoun
Common Nouns
Tone
4. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Transitive Verbs
Conditional Sentence
Intensive Pronouns
Phonology
5. Shows possession or ownership
Possessive Case Noun
MLA
Jargon
Compound/ Complex Sentence
6. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Possessive Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Internet
Comparison
7. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Psycholinguistics
Other sources
Comma
Types of Source Material for Writing
8. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
Conditional Sentence
location
Pragmatics
9. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Illustration
Independent clause with two phrases
Internet
Doublespeak
10. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Compound Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Future Tense
11. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Hyphen
Apostrophe
Indefinite Nouns
location
12. 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
Indefinite Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Conditional Sentence
13. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
point of view
Phonetics
Compound subject - single predicate
Illustration
14. Verb that can be used as a adjective. Present ends in - ing -----*Past ends in ed.- d -- t -- en -- n (The TERRIFYING movie was rated 'R') Ex. 'singing waiter' and 'baked goods'
Participle Verb
Infinitive Verb
Internet
Personal Pronouns
15. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Interrogative Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
Brackets
Cause and Effect
16. The order in which events happen in time.
Euphemism
Syntax
Chronological order
location
17. 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
Feminine Nouns
point of view
Compound Pronouns
Style
18. 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
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
Compound Pronouns
Illustration
19. American Psycological Association
APA?
Personal Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
20. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Participle Verb
Cause and Effect
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Writing Activities
21. Modern Language Association
Brackets
Declarative Sentence
Tone
MLA
22. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Praise
Doublespeak
Infinitive Verb
Classification
23. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Objective Case Noun
Writing Activities
Indefinite Nouns
Verbs
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.
Compound Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Chronological order
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
25. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Common Nouns
Participle Verb
Phrases
Comparison
26. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Ineffective Sentences
Ethnolinguistics
Reciprocal Pronouns
27. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
APA?
Praise
Clauses
Dash
28. 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
Ambiguity
Pragmatics
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Nominative Case Pronoun
29. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Participle Verb
Counterpoint
Masculine Nouns
Adverbs
30. 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.
Phonology
Intensive Pronouns
Writing Activities
Possessive Pronouns
31. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Compound Sentence
To cite a book in APA format
Proper Nouns
Sematics
32. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Intensive Pronouns
Morphology
Apostrophe
33. Show possession or ownership my - mine - your(s) - his - her(s) - its - our(s) - their(s) - whose e.g. If this book isn't HERS - then it must be MINE.
Participle Verb
Psycholinguistics
Possessive Pronouns
Sarcasm
34. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
English origins
Proper Nouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
35. 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.
Complex Sentence
Phrases
Concrete Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
36. 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) -
Transitive Verbs
Indefinite Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Comma
37. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Concrete Nouns
Gerund
Classification
Writing Activities
38. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Period
Jargon
Personal Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
39. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Classification
Student - created sources
Illustration
Infinitive Verb
40. 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
Doublespeak
Conditional Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
Hyphen
41. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Transitive Verbs
Simple Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
42. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Ineffective Sentences
Clauses
Sematics
Chronological order
43. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Proper Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Question Mark
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.
Proper Nouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Objective Case Pronoun
English origins
45. Each other - one another
Indefinite Pronouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Phrasal Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
46. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Past Tense
Nominative Case Noun
Reflective Pronouns
Antecedent
47. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Euphemism
Sociolinguistics
Independent clause with two phrases
Singular Nouns
48. Study of the history and origin of words
Future Tense
Possessive Case Noun
Relative Pronouns
Etymology
49. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Counterpoint
Phrases
How to site for a book in MLA format
Tone
50. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Gerund
Future Perfect Tense
Reference works