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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. 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






3. Angela dances.






4. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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.






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






12. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






16. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.






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






18. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. The study of meaning in a language






35. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






36. 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






37. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






38. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






39. The order in which events happen in time.






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






41. 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






42. 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).






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






44. 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).






45. 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






46. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






48. 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.






49. Study of the history and origin of words






50. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.