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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. 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
Verbs
Phrases
Apostrophe
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
2. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Etymology
Past Perfect Tense
Reflective Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
3. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Sematics
Jargon
location
Comparison
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.)
Complex Sentence
Present Perfect Tense
Reference works
Praise
5. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Effective Sentence
Adverbs
Intransitive Verbs
Feminine Nouns
6. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Climax
Apostrophe
Imperative Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
7. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
Chronological order
Ineffective Sentences
Cause and Effect
8. Shows possession or ownership
Possessive Case Noun
Psycholinguistics
Imperative Sentence
To cite a book in APA format
9. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Parentheses
Possessive Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
10. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Cause and Effect
Praise
Possessive Case Noun
Verbs
11. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Compound subject - single predicate
Singular Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
Reference works
12. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Adjective
Masculine Nouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
13. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Common Nouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Apostrophe
Praise
14. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Demonstrative Pronouns
Adverbs
Gerund
Antecedent
15. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Praise
Proper Nouns
Infinitive Verb
Concrete Nouns
16. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Nominative Case Pronoun
How to site for a book in MLA format
Brackets
17. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Euphemism
Simple Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Feminine Nouns
18. 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.
Antecedent
Compound subject - compound predicate
Euphemism
Etymology
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).
Effective Sentence
Transitive Verbs
Objective Case Pronoun
Style
20. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Verbs
Past Tense
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Apostrophe
21. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Writing Activities
Doublespeak
Compound Pronouns
Comma
22. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Intransitive Verbs
Personal Pronouns
Jargon
Neutral Nouns
23. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Present Tense
Tone
Reflective Pronouns
Comma
24. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Comparison
Future Perfect Tense
Masculine Nouns
MLA
25. The study of meaning in a language
Present Perfect Tense
Apostrophe
Dash
Sematics
26. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Feminine Nouns
Illustration
Reflective Pronouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
27. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Indefinite Nouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Phonology
Exclamation Point
28. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Imperative Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
Neutral Nouns
29. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Effective Sentence
Jargon
Period
Declarative Sentence
30. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Internet
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Plural Nouns
Clauses
31. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Counterpoint
Demonstrative Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Tone
32. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Indefinite Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Compound subject - compound predicate
33. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Present Tense
Future Tense
Reciprocal Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
34. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Doublespeak
Reciprocal Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Jargon
35. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Collective Nouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Climax
Dash
36. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
location
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Adverbs
Interrogative Sentence
37. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Clauses
Exclamatory Sentence
location
point of view
38. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Collective Nouns
Morphology
Doublespeak
Sematics
39. Each other - one another
Phonetics
Nominative Case Noun
Possessive Case Noun
Phrasal Pronouns
40. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Writing Activities
Infinitive Verb
Cause and Effect
Verbs
41. The order in which events happen in time.
Counterpoint
Indefinite Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Chronological order
42. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Feminine Nouns
Common Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
Counterpoint
43. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Nominative Case Pronoun
Nominative Case Noun
Compound subject - compound predicate
Indefinite Pronouns
44. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Intensive Pronouns
Student - created sources
Concrete Nouns
Phrases
45. 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
Declarative Sentence
Phonology
Ineffective Sentences
Classification
46. Study of the structure of words
Morphology
Phrases
Interrogative Sentence
Compound subject - compound predicate
47. 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.
Question Mark
Present Tense
Simple Sentence
Gerund
48. 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
Participle Verb
Complex Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
Style
49. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Exclamation Point
Singular Nouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
50. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Euphemism
Reference works
Counterpoint
Climax