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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Compound subject - single predicate
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Ambiguity
Simple Sentence
2. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Neutral Nouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Student - created sources
3. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Reference works
How to site for a book in MLA format
Style
Pragmatics
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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Complex Sentence
Jargon
Morphology
5. Marks
Brackets
Common Nouns
Ambiguity
Transitive Verbs
6. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Abstract Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Phonetics
Phrases
7. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Classification
Adverbs
location
Interrogative Sentence
8. Study of the history and origin of words
Independent clause with two phrases
Psycholinguistics
Etymology
Gerund
9. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
MLA
Verbs
Objective Case Pronoun
Parentheses
10. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Dash
Chronological order
Objective Case Pronoun
11. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Phonetics
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Adverbs
Concrete Nouns
12. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Proper Nouns
Sarcasm
Simple Pronouns
To cite a book in APA format
13. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Question Mark
Feminine Nouns
Proper Nouns
Plural Nouns
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
Future Perfect Tense
Collective Nouns
Hyphen
Abstract Nouns
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).
Personal Pronouns
Participle Verb
Transitive Verbs
Rhetoric organizational patterns
16. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Reflective Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Internet
17. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Indefinite Pronouns
Sematics
Writing Activities
Euphemism
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.
Clauses
Collective Nouns
Past Perfect Tense
Objective Case Noun
19. Modern Language Association
MLA
Intransitive Verbs
Euphemism
Period
20. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Antecedent
How to site for a book in MLA format
Collective Nouns
Phrases
21. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Student - created sources
Illustration
Ethnolinguistics
Hyphen
22. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Independent clause with two phrases
Comma
Interrogative Sentence
Feminine Nouns
23. Angela dances.
Praise
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Psycholinguistics
Brackets
24. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Present Perfect Tense
Reflective Pronouns
Participle Verb
Simple Sentence
25. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Doublespeak
Question Mark
Praise
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
26. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Simple Sentence
Antecedent
Doublespeak
Objective Case Pronoun
27. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Phonetics
Relative Pronouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
28. The study of meaning in a language
Comparison
Nominative Case Noun
Sematics
Student - created sources
29. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Relative Pronouns
Reference works
Illustration
Indefinite Nouns
30. Angela and Jay dance.
Phonology
Indefinite Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
point of view
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
Writing Activities
APA?
Style
Complex Sentence
32. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Concrete Nouns
Classification
Dash
33. The study of the structure of sentences
Jargon
Declarative Sentence
Syntax
Independent clause with two phrases
34. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Other sources
Demonstrative Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
Transitive Verbs
35. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Imperative Sentence
Relative Pronouns
Sarcasm
36. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Question Mark
Common Nouns
Pragmatics
Antecedent
37. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Praise
Transitive Verbs
Jargon
Rhetoric organizational patterns
38. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
point of view
Phrases
Collective Nouns
Compound Sentence
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
MLA
Doublespeak
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Chronological order
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
Antecedent
Parentheses
Ineffective Sentences
Present Perfect Tense
41. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Psycholinguistics
Adjective
Counterpoint
42. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Interrogative Sentence
Chronological order
Conditional Sentence
Phonetics
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
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Phonology
Clauses
Intransitive Verbs
44. The writer shows how events and their results are related
MLA
Cause and Effect
Chronological order
Praise
45. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Reflective Pronouns
Cause and Effect
Dash
Parentheses
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.
Past Tense
Euphemism
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Gerund
47. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
Intensive Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Adverbs
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.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Climax
Transitive Verbs
Future Perfect Tense
49. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Present Tense
Nominative Case Noun
Etymology
Compound subject - single predicate
50. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Singular Nouns
Clauses
Possessive Pronouns
Exclamation Point