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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Compound subject - single predicate
Doublespeak
Climax
Student - created sources
2. 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
Compound Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Morphology
Parentheses
3. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Declarative Sentence
Gerund
Imperative Sentence
Doublespeak
4. Modern Language Association
MLA
Compound Sentence
Common Nouns
Feminine Nouns
5. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Independent clause with two phrases
Phrases
Ambiguity
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
6. Angela and Jay dance.
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Compound subject - single predicate
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Present Perfect Tense
7. The study of the structure of sentences
Syntax
APA?
Reference works
How to site for a book in MLA format
8. 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
Antecedent
Intransitive Verbs
Compound Sentence
Relative Pronouns
9. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Independent clause with two phrases
Present Perfect Tense
Objective Case Pronoun
Possessive Pronouns
10. 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
Infinitive Verb
Indefinite Pronouns
English origins
Compound Sentence
11. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Tone
Indefinite Nouns
Present Tense
Plural Nouns
12. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Writing Activities
Possessive Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
Future Tense
13. 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
Sociolinguistics
Antecedent
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Participle Verb
14. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Intensive Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Classification
Jargon
15. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Compound Sentence
Reflective Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
16. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
Classification
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Simple Sentence
17. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Neutral Nouns
Effective Sentence
Comparison
Participle Verb
18. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Proper Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
19. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Sarcasm
Compound Pronouns
Sematics
Rhetoric organizational patterns
20. 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
Objective Case Noun
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Climax
Compound subject - single predicate
21. 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.
Apostrophe
Plural Nouns
Present Perfect Tense
Tone
22. Study of the structure of words
Exclamatory Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
Morphology
Brackets
23. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Nominative Case Noun
Masculine Nouns
Proper Nouns
Etymology
24. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Reflective Pronouns
Phonetics
Ambiguity
Cause and Effect
25. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Objective Case Pronoun
Compound subject - single predicate
Conditional Sentence
Comma
26. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
MLA
Exclamation Point
Personal Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
27. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
point of view
Syntax
Illustration
Interrogative Pronouns
28. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Singular Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
Euphemism
Linking or Connecting Verbs
29. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Singular Nouns
Antecedent
location
Compound subject - single predicate
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.
Plural Nouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Independent clause with two phrases
Reciprocal Pronouns
31. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Future Tense
Abstract Nouns
Possessive Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
32. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Morphology
Adjective
Parentheses
Interrogative Pronouns
33. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Abstract Nouns
point of view
MLA
Intransitive Verbs
34. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Feminine Nouns
Conditional Sentence
35. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Cause and Effect
Exclamatory Sentence
Adjective
Euphemism
36. 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
Euphemism
Indefinite Nouns
Hyphen
Illustration
37. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Chronological order
Euphemism
Doublespeak
Compound subject - compound predicate
38. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Comparison
Compound subject - single predicate
Neutral Nouns
39. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Praise
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Possessive Case Pronoun
Brackets
40. Shows possession or ownership
Possessive Case Noun
How to site for a book in MLA format
Gerund
Independent clause with two phrases
41. 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.
Objective Case Pronoun
Compound subject - compound predicate
APA?
Antecedent
42. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Gerund
Classification
Neutral Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
43. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Concrete Nouns
Jargon
Objective Case Noun
Student - created sources
44. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
To cite a book in APA format
point of view
English origins
Plural Nouns
45. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Possessive Case Pronoun
Tone
Phonology
Simple Sentence
46. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Antecedent
Sematics
Declarative Sentence
47. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Phonology
Parentheses
Climax
Pragmatics
48. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Morphology
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Gerund
Internet
49. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
point of view
Indefinite Nouns
Dash
50. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Clauses
Singular Nouns
Indefinite Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate