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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






2. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






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






4. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






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






9. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






10. The study of the structure of sentences






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. Marks






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






17. 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.






18. 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.)






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






20. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






21. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






23. 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) -






24. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






25. 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.






26. The order in which events happen in time.






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






37. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






39. 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'






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






41. 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.






42. American Psycological Association






43. 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.






44. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






45. 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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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