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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun






18. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






19. 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






20. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






21. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






32. Each other - one another






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






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






35. The study of meaning in a language






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






37. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






38. 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).






39. 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.






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






41. Marks






42. 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.






43. 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.)






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






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






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






48. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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