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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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






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






6. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






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






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






15. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






16. 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.






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






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






19. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






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






23. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






24. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






25. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






26. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






28. Angela dances.






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






30. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






31. 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






32. E.g. floor - desk - computer






33. Study of the history and origin of words






34. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






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






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






39. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






40. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






42. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. American Psycological Association






49. Film - art - media and so on






50. 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.