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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






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






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






7. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






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






9. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






10. 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.






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






12. Each other - one another






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






14. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






15. Shows possession or ownership






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






17. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






26. 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.)






27. 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






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






29. Marks






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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'






35. 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) -






36. 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.






37. Every language as a dialect of an older communication form. Example: English two main dialects - British English and American English and they are close political allies






38. Film - art - media and so on






39. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






40. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






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






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






43. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






46. Modern Language Association






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






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






49. The study of meaning in a language






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