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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. 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.






2. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






6. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






9. 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.






10. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






18. 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'






19. Angela dances.






20. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






21. 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).






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






23. 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






24. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






25. 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






26. Marks






27. 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






28. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






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






30. 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.






31. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






32. 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.






33. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






35. 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






36. The order in which events happen in time.






37. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






38. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






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






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






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






42. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






43. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






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






45. Angela and Jay dance.






46. 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).






47. Each other - one another






48. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






49. The study of the structure of sentences






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