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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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.






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






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 language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






5. 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) -






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Modern Language Association






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






17. Angela and Jay dance.






18. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. Marks






26. 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.






27. 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).






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






29. A perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future e.g. By this time next year - Stephen 'will have completed' all the course work for his HVAC certification.






30. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






38. Angela dances.






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






47. Film - art - media and so on






48. 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'






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






50. 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.