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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






2. 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.






3. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






4. American Psycological Association






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






6. Study of the history and origin of words






7. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






18. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






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






20. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. Verb that can be used as a adjective. Present ends in - ing -----*Past ends in ed.- d -- t -- en -- n (The TERRIFYING movie was rated 'R') Ex. 'singing waiter' and 'baked goods'






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






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






31. Marks






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






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






34. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






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






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






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






41. Film - art - media and so on






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






43. 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) -






44. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






45. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






47. Each other - one another






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






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






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