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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Marks






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






11. The study of the structure of sentences






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






13. Refer to people or animals - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - me - him - her - us - them e.g. THEY told US that THEY were going to meet HER at the mall.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






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






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






24. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






25. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






26. 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.






27. 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






28. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






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






30. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






31. 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






32. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






39. Film - art - media and so on






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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