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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






10. 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'






11. 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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






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






19. 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).






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






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






22. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






23. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






26. A perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future e.g. By this time next year - Stephen 'will have completed' all the course work for his HVAC certification.






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






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






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






30. The writer shows how events and their results are related






31. Marks






32. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






33. Each other - one another






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. The study of the structure of sentences






37. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






38. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






48. 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) -






49. 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.






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