Test your basic knowledge |

CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Angela dances.






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






11. 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.






12. The order in which events happen in time.






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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.)






17. Modern Language Association






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






20. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






22. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






23. The study of meaning in a language






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






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






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






27. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






28. 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.






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






30. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






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. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






34. 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.






35. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






36. American Psycological Association






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






38. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






39. 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).






40. Shows possession or ownership






41. 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






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






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






44. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






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






46. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






47. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






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






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






50. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms