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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






10. 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.






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






12. Study of the history and origin of words






13. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






16. Angela dances.






17. 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.






18. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun






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






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






21. 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






22. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.






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






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






25. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






26. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






27. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






36. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






37. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






38. 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.






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






40. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






41. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






42. The order in which events happen in time.






43. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






44. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






46. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






47. 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.)






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






49. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






50. Marks