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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Intransitive Verbs
Collective Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
2. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Brackets
Student - created sources
Concrete Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
3. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Etymology
Plural Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Apostrophe
4. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Exclamation Point
Conditional Sentence
Sematics
Sarcasm
5. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Common Nouns
Infinitive Verb
Psycholinguistics
6. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Possessive Pronouns
Sematics
Plural Nouns
Period
7. 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.
Tone
Classification
Present Perfect Tense
Intensive Pronouns
8. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
location
Chronological order
Psycholinguistics
Phrases
9. Angela and Jay dance.
Question Mark
Compound subject - single predicate
Interrogative Sentence
Possessive Case Pronoun
10. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Nominative Case Noun
Antecedent
Adjective
Possessive Pronouns
11. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Brackets
Period
Types of Source Material for Writing
12. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Singular Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Period
13. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Psycholinguistics
English origins
Adverbs
Past Tense
14. 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.
Imperative Sentence
Reciprocal Pronouns
Reference works
Rhetoric organizational patterns
15. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Rhetoric organizational patterns
point of view
Exclamatory Sentence
Nominative Case Pronoun
16. Film - art - media and so on
MLA
Possessive Case Pronoun
Other sources
Past Tense
17. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Praise
Phonology
Simple Sentence
APA?
18. 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'
Participle Verb
Collective Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Student - created sources
19. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Question Mark
Verbs
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Classification
20. The study of meaning in a language
Sarcasm
Sematics
Style
Phrases
21. 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).
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Simple Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
Feminine Nouns
22. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Adverbs
Participle Verb
Proper Nouns
23. The study of the structure of sentences
Phonetics
Other sources
Nominative Case Pronoun
Syntax
24. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
English origins
Antecedent
Chronological order
Doublespeak
25. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Exclamation Point
Relative Pronouns
Phonology
Ethnolinguistics
26. 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.
Parentheses
Nominative Case Pronoun
Independent clause with two phrases
Personal Pronouns
27. 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.
Possessive Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Comparison
Syntax
28. 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.
Exclamatory Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
Common Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
29. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Pragmatics
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Neutral Nouns
Compound Pronouns
30. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
To cite a book in APA format
Adverbs
Phonology
English origins
31. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Counterpoint
Simple Sentence
Pragmatics
32. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Verbs
Internet
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Present Perfect Tense
33. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Reflective Pronouns
Other sources
Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
34. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Abstract Nouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Collective Nouns
35. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Reflective Pronouns
Praise
Adjective
Ambiguity
36. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
Parentheses
Sematics
Effective Sentence
37. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers. Each pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person and number. e.g. The BOYS are going to the game this weekend. THEY need to buy tickets.
Infinitive Verb
Personal Pronouns
Antecedent
Demonstrative Pronouns
38. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
Present Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Internet
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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Singular Nouns
Antecedent
Comparison
40. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Future Perfect Tense
Types of Source Material for Writing
Feminine Nouns
Masculine Nouns
41. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Simple Sentence
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Exclamation Point
42. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
MLA
Plural Nouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Feminine Nouns
43. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Future Perfect Tense
Present Tense
Internet
Plural Nouns
44. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Tone
Interrogative Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Illustration
45. 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
Plural Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Cause and Effect
Dash
46. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Reflective Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
English origins
47. American Psycological Association
APA?
Cause and Effect
point of view
Common Nouns
48. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Phrasal Pronouns
Comparison
Verbs
Psycholinguistics
49. Study of the structure of words
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Compound Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Morphology
50. 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
Question Mark
Intransitive Verbs
MLA
Ambiguity