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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






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






5. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






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






7. 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.






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






9. Film - art - media and so on






10. Shows possession or ownership






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






12. 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






13. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






26. 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






27. 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.






28. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






39. 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) -






40. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






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






42. Marks






43. 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.






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






45. Study of the history and origin of words






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. Each other - one another