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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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.






2. 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).






3. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






4. The order in which events happen in time.






5. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






6. 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.






7. Study of the history and origin of words






8. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






9. 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






10. 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






11. Shows possession or ownership






12. Film - art - media and so on






13. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






14. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






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






16. 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.)






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






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






20. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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.






22. 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).






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






24. E.g. floor - desk - computer






25. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






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






27. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






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






29. 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






30. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






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






32. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






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






34. The study of the structure of sentences






35. 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






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






37. Modern Language Association






38. 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






39. American Psycological Association






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






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






49. 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'






50. 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) -