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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






2. American Psycological Association






3. 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.






4. The study of the structure of sentences






5. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






6. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






8. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






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






10. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






12. 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.






13. 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).






14. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






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






17. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






18. 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.






19. 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) -






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






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






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






23. Shows possession or ownership






24. 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.






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






26. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.






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






28. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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.)






34. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






35. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






36. Marks






37. Study of the structure of words






38. 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






39. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






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






41. 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






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






43. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






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






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






49. Angela and Jay dance.






50. 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