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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






3. Angela dances.






4. 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.)






5. Marks






6. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






9. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






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






12. 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






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






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. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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






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






30. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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).






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






39. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






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






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






44. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






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






46. 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.






47. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






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






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






50. Angela and Jay dance.







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