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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






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






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






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






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. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. E.g. floor - desk - computer






27. 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






28. Modern Language Association






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






36. Each other - one another






37. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






38. Study of the history and origin of words






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. 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) -






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






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






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






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