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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






2. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






3. 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).






4. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children






5. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






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






7. Show possession or ownership my - mine - your(s) - his - her(s) - its - our(s) - their(s) - whose e.g. If this book isn't HERS - then it must be MINE.






8. Marks






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






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






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






12. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






13. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






14. 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






15. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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






17. 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






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






19. Modern Language Association






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






21. 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.






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






23. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






24. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






25. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






26. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






27. 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.






28. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.






29. 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.






30. Each other - one another






31. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






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






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






34. Angela dances.






35. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






36. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






42. 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'






43. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






44. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






45. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






46. The study of the structure of sentences






47. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






48. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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