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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Abstract Nouns
Objective Case Noun
Parentheses
Adverbs
2. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Writing Activities
Demonstrative Pronouns
Past Tense
Future Tense
3. Study of the structure of words
Nominative Case Pronoun
Sematics
Morphology
Student - created sources
4. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
APA?
Student - created sources
Chronological order
5. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Independent clause with two phrases
Apostrophe
Sociolinguistics
Classification
6. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Classification
Indefinite Nouns
Phonology
Hyphen
7. 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
Present Perfect Tense
Intransitive Verbs
Masculine Nouns
Simple Sentence
8. Each other - one another
Jargon
Phrasal Pronouns
Parentheses
Possessive Case Noun
9. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Imperative Sentence
Compound Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
10. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Infinitive Verb
Independent clause with two phrases
Past Perfect Tense
Future Tense
11. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Question Mark
Participle Verb
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Sociolinguistics
12. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Comma
point of view
Ineffective Sentences
13. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Interrogative Pronouns
Clauses
Doublespeak
Sematics
14. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Adjective
Reciprocal Pronouns
Clauses
Common Nouns
15. Modern Language Association
Tone
Common Nouns
MLA
Independent clause with two phrases
16. 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.
Compound Sentence
Other sources
Antecedent
Adverbs
17. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Dash
Sarcasm
Tone
Future Tense
18. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Gerund
Types of Source Material for Writing
Concrete Nouns
19. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Compound subject - single predicate
Masculine Nouns
Simple Pronouns
20. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Exclamation Point
Effective Sentence
Sarcasm
Plural Nouns
21. 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.)
Present Tense
Proper Nouns
Collective Nouns
Complex Sentence
22. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Phonology
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Simple Sentence
Possessive Case Pronoun
23. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Chronological order
Phonology
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Counterpoint
24. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Writing Activities
Comparison
Question Mark
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
25. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Phrasal Pronouns
Common Nouns
location
Phonetics
26. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Period
Present Tense
Exclamation Point
Objective Case Noun
27. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Exclamation Point
Doublespeak
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Gerund
28. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
To cite a book in APA format
Exclamatory Sentence
Past Tense
29. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Simple Sentence
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Ethnolinguistics
Phrasal Pronouns
30. 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.
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
31. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Antecedent
Sociolinguistics
Hyphen
Phrases
32. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Simple Pronouns
Future Tense
location
33. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Future Tense
Sematics
Interrogative Sentence
34. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Student - created sources
Adverbs
Nominative Case Noun
Objective Case Pronoun
35. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Writing Activities
Effective Sentence
Imperative Sentence
Sarcasm
36. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Neutral Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Compound Sentence
Style
37. 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
Masculine Nouns
Doublespeak
Infinitive Verb
Pragmatics
38. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
How to site for a book in MLA format
Collective Nouns
location
39. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Etymology
Clauses
MLA
Reflective Pronouns
40. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Compound Pronouns
Period
Present Perfect Tense
Intensive Pronouns
41. Film - art - media and so on
Ambiguity
Pragmatics
point of view
Other sources
42. Study of the history and origin of words
Cause and Effect
Verbs
Etymology
Compound subject - compound predicate
43. 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.
Concrete Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Syntax
44. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Exclamatory Sentence
Writing Activities
Chronological order
Verbs
45. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Intensive Pronouns
Tone
Comma
Phonetics
46. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Possessive Case Pronoun
Intensive Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
Exclamation Point
47. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Phrases
Effective Sentence
Past Perfect Tense
Sematics
48. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Concrete Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
49. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Indefinite Nouns
Conditional Sentence
Verbs
Illustration
50. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Intransitive Verbs
Classification
point of view
Compound subject - compound predicate