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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. 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.
Complex Sentence
English origins
Doublespeak
Common Nouns
2. 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.
Euphemism
Common Nouns
Simple Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
3. 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
Etymology
Present Tense
Ethnolinguistics
Infinitive Verb
4. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Compound subject - single predicate
Question Mark
Cause and Effect
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
5. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Climax
Collective Nouns
Feminine Nouns
Past Tense
6. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Singular Nouns
Comma
Comparison
Doublespeak
7. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Possessive Case Pronoun
Compound Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Pragmatics
8. 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
Present Tense
Style
Internet
Euphemism
9. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Internet
Phrasal Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Illustration
10. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Past Perfect Tense
Nominative Case Noun
Ethnolinguistics
Writing Activities
11. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Compound subject - single predicate
How to site for a book in MLA format
Collective Nouns
Relative Pronouns
12. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Concrete Nouns
Comparison
Exclamatory Sentence
Psycholinguistics
13. Angela and Jay dance.
Student - created sources
Other sources
Compound subject - single predicate
MLA
14. 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
Period
Dash
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Nominative Case Pronoun
15. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Adjective
Phonology
Collective Nouns
Student - created sources
16. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Abstract Nouns
APA?
Conditional Sentence
Ambiguity
17. 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) -
Objective Case Pronoun
Masculine Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
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.
How to site for a book in MLA format
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Past Perfect Tense
Dash
19. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Writing Activities
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Indefinite Nouns
Parentheses
20. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Climax
point of view
Declarative Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
21. 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).
Declarative Sentence
Verbs
Transitive Verbs
Antecedent
22. 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.
Compound subject - single predicate
Relative Pronouns
Gerund
Collective Nouns
23. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Jargon
Exclamatory Sentence
Phonology
Masculine Nouns
24. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Types of Source Material for Writing
Future Perfect Tense
Psycholinguistics
Conditional Sentence
25. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Praise
Possessive Pronouns
Objective Case Noun
Brackets
26. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Independent clause with two phrases
English origins
Abstract Nouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
27. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Past Tense
Simple Pronouns
point of view
28. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Demonstrative Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Present Perfect Tense
Pragmatics
29. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Interrogative Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Apostrophe
Common Nouns
30. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Exclamatory Sentence
Present Tense
Interrogative Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
31. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Psycholinguistics
Past Perfect Tense
To cite a book in APA format
Compound subject - single predicate
32. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Effective Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Adverbs
Other sources
33. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Classification
Objective Case Pronoun
Present Perfect Tense
Compound subject - compound predicate
34. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Compound subject - compound predicate
Personal Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Cause and Effect
35. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Ambiguity
Comma
Collective Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
36. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Possessive Case Noun
Exclamation Point
Student - created sources
Declarative Sentence
37. 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).
Common Nouns
Sarcasm
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Interrogative Pronouns
38. 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.
Chronological order
APA?
Ambiguity
Relative Pronouns
39. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Infinitive Verb
Sarcasm
Euphemism
Verbs
40. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Sematics
Abstract Nouns
Counterpoint
Other sources
41. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Internet
Simple Pronouns
Present Tense
Praise
42. 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.
Other sources
Period
Collective Nouns
Antecedent
43. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Sociolinguistics
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Style
Effective Sentence
44. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Exclamatory Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Doublespeak
45. 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
Illustration
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Compound Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
46. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Doublespeak
Singular Nouns
Apostrophe
Tone
47. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Climax
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Possessive Pronouns
Classification
48. 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
Ethnolinguistics
Internet
Possessive Case Noun
49. Film - art - media and so on
Phonetics
Jargon
Syntax
Other sources
50. 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
Student - created sources
Dash
Compound subject - compound predicate
Internet