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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






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






4. 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






5. Marks






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






7. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






8. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






11. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






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






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






14. 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






15. 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).






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






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






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






19. Modern Language Association






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






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






22. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






23. Angela dances.






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






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






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






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






28. The study of meaning in a language






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






30. Angela and Jay dance.






31. 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






32. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






33. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






36. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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