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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Shows possession or ownership






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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) -






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






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






15. American Psycological Association






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






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






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






19. Each other - one another






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






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






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






23. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






24. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






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






26. Angela and Jay dance.






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






28. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






30. 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






31. 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.






32. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






33. 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






34. Film - art - media and so on






35. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






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






39. 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.)






40. Marks






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The order in which events happen in time.






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






49. 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.






50. The study of meaning in a language