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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
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1. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






2. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






10. Each other - one another






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






12. 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






13. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. The study of meaning in a language






23. 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.






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






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






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






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






37. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






41. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






44. Angela and Jay dance.






45. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






46. Marks






47. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






49. 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.






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