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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Study of the history and origin of words
MLA
Sociolinguistics
Etymology
Student - created sources
2. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Effective Sentence
Proper Nouns
Clauses
Future Perfect Tense
3. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Phonology
To cite a book in APA format
Exclamatory Sentence
English origins
4. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Writing Activities
Masculine Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
Linking or Connecting Verbs
5. Can be the subject of a clause - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - is a predicate nominative if it follows a 'be' verb or another linking verb and renames the subject
Nominative Case Pronoun
point of view
English origins
Personal Pronouns
6. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
MLA
Sociolinguistics
Feminine Nouns
Dash
7. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Morphology
Ineffective Sentences
Ambiguity
Apostrophe
8. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Climax
Collective Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
Sarcasm
9. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Intensive Pronouns
Climax
Nominative Case Noun
10. 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.
Personal Pronouns
Future Tense
Intensive Pronouns
Compound Sentence
11. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Cause and Effect
Independent clause with two phrases
Ethnolinguistics
How to site for a book in MLA format
12. Film - art - media and so on
Jargon
Compound Pronouns
Clauses
Other sources
13. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Brackets
Future Tense
To cite a book in APA format
Types of Source Material for Writing
14. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Praise
Pragmatics
Interrogative Sentence
Compound subject - compound predicate
15. 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
Climax
Dash
Adverbs
Independent clause with two phrases
16. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Phonetics
Imperative Sentence
Euphemism
Singular Nouns
17. 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.
Ineffective Sentences
Present Perfect Tense
Future Tense
Relative Pronouns
18. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Exclamation Point
Phonology
Doublespeak
Nominative Case Noun
19. 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.
Psycholinguistics
Compound Sentence
Reference works
Compound subject - compound predicate
20. 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.)
Complex Sentence
Present Perfect Tense
Tone
How to site for a book in MLA format
21. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Illustration
Participle Verb
Ethnolinguistics
Adverbs
22. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Student - created sources
Objective Case Noun
Independent clause with two phrases
Phonetics
23. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Exclamatory Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
Compound subject - compound predicate
Question Mark
24. 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) -
Reciprocal Pronouns
Dash
Indefinite Pronouns
Parentheses
25. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Apostrophe
Future Perfect Tense
Cause and Effect
Compound Pronouns
26. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Apostrophe
Objective Case Pronoun
Ambiguity
Complex Sentence
27. 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
Style
Nominative Case Noun
Syntax
Proper Nouns
28. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Sarcasm
Transitive Verbs
Student - created sources
29. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Internet
Independent clause with two phrases
Demonstrative Pronouns
Classification
30. 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
Ineffective Sentences
Infinitive Verb
Concrete Nouns
MLA
31. Each other - one another
Phonetics
Brackets
Interrogative Pronouns
Phrasal Pronouns
32. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Participle Verb
Praise
Period
Climax
33. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Relative Pronouns
Feminine Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Plural Nouns
34. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Proper Nouns
Adjective
Indefinite Nouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
35. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Simple Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
APA?
Syntax
36. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Phrasal Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
Cause and Effect
Declarative Sentence
37. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Compound subject - single predicate
Verbs
How to site for a book in MLA format
Dash
38. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Abstract Nouns
Adverbs
Simple Sentence
Relative Pronouns
39. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Exclamation Point
Parentheses
Phonology
Reference works
40. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Transitive Verbs
Masculine Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Sarcasm
41. The study of meaning in a language
Adverbs
Sematics
Ineffective Sentences
Possessive Case Pronoun
42. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Compound Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Jargon
Counterpoint
43. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Tone
Praise
Interrogative Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
44. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Ethnolinguistics
Tone
Intransitive Verbs
Present Perfect Tense
45. 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).
Internet
Concrete Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Interrogative Pronouns
46. The study of the structure of sentences
Dash
Syntax
Phrasal Pronouns
Euphemism
47. Study of the structure of words
Morphology
Exclamation Point
Indefinite Nouns
Imperative Sentence
48. 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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Chronological order
Reference works
Clauses
49. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Independent clause with two phrases
Psycholinguistics
Compound Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
50. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Past Tense
Climax
Reflective Pronouns