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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Relative Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
To cite a book in APA format
2. Angela and Jay dance.
Exclamatory Sentence
Independent clause with two phrases
Compound subject - single predicate
Past Tense
3. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Participle Verb
To cite a book in APA format
Gerund
4. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
location
Sarcasm
Imperative Sentence
Hyphen
5. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Imperative Sentence
Intensive Pronouns
APA?
How to site for a book in MLA format
6. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
point of view
Sematics
Dash
Rhetoric organizational patterns
7. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Adverbs
Feminine Nouns
point of view
Pragmatics
8. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Future Perfect Tense
To cite a book in APA format
Plural Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
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.
Possessive Case Noun
Psycholinguistics
English origins
Exclamatory Sentence
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.
Verbs
Past Tense
Reciprocal Pronouns
Collective Nouns
11. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Concrete Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Ambiguity
MLA
12. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Period
To cite a book in APA format
Nominative Case Noun
13. The study of the structure of sentences
Indefinite Pronouns
Question Mark
Syntax
Feminine Nouns
14. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Indefinite Nouns
Collective Nouns
Masculine Nouns
Objective Case Pronoun
15. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Parentheses
Personal Pronouns
Reference works
Participle Verb
16. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Conditional Sentence
Effective Sentence
Reciprocal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
17. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Independent clause with two phrases
Adjective
English origins
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
18. 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
Nominative Case Pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Collective Nouns
19. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Present Tense
Independent clause with two phrases
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
20. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Question Mark
Conditional Sentence
Interrogative Sentence
Reference works
21. 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
Present Tense
Morphology
Style
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
22. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Nominative Case Pronoun
Ethnolinguistics
Sarcasm
Parentheses
23. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Reflective Pronouns
Objective Case Noun
Climax
Personal Pronouns
24. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Verbs
Participle Verb
Syntax
25. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Interrogative Sentence
Possessive Case Noun
Transitive Verbs
Linking or Connecting Verbs
26. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Clauses
Exclamatory Sentence
Question Mark
Transitive Verbs
27. 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.
Period
Writing Activities
Antecedent
Sociolinguistics
28. Marks
Brackets
Indefinite Nouns
Participle Verb
Present Perfect Tense
29. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Euphemism
Praise
point of view
Future Tense
30. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Jargon
Future Tense
Present Tense
Masculine Nouns
31. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Clauses
Counterpoint
Student - created sources
Cause and Effect
32. 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
Question Mark
Compound subject - single predicate
Hyphen
Ethnolinguistics
33. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Internet
Infinitive Verb
Indefinite Nouns
Effective Sentence
34. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Clauses
To cite a book in APA format
Simple Sentence
Masculine Nouns
35. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
English origins
Simple Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Exclamatory Sentence
36. 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'
Participle Verb
Feminine Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
Morphology
37. 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.
Future Perfect Tense
Imperative Sentence
Transitive Verbs
Comparison
38. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Masculine Nouns
39. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Past Perfect Tense
Chronological order
Objective Case Pronoun
40. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
point of view
Cause and Effect
Collective Nouns
location
41. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Plural Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Feminine Nouns
Cause and Effect
42. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Possessive Case Noun
Simple Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
43. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Effective Sentence
MLA
Cause and Effect
Nominative Case Noun
44. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Apostrophe
Verbs
Counterpoint
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
45. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Future Tense
Ethnolinguistics
Effective Sentence
46. Angela dances.
Proper Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Adjective
47. 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.
Types of Source Material for Writing
Comma
Compound Sentence
To cite a book in APA format
48. Shows possession or ownership
Past Perfect Tense
Student - created sources
Phrasal Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
49. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Ethnolinguistics
Past Perfect Tense
Pragmatics
Syntax
50. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Singular Nouns
Internet
Adjective
Plural Nouns