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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






4. The study of the structure of sentences






5. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






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






7. 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






8. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






9. Anglo - Saxon - which is a dialect of West Germanic. Half of the words in English come from French. Scientific words in English often have Greek or Latin roots.






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






11. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






13. 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.)






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






15. Angela dances.






16. American Psycological Association






17. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.






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






19. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






20. 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.






21. 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).






22. Marks






23. 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






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






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






26. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Study of the structure of words






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






45. Modern Language Association






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






47. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






48. 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






49. Each other - one another






50. E.g. floor - desk - computer







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