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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






4. Verbs that take a direct object - words or word groups that complete the meaning of a verb by naming a reciver of the action Ex. Daniel (subject) threw (transitive verb) the ball (direct object).






5. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






10. Shows possession or ownership






11. These help the main word verb describe action that happened in the past - is happening in the present - or will happen in the future; have - had - has - could - will have - will - shall - am - is






12. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






14. 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






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






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






17. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






18. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






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






20. 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






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






22. 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.






23. 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).






24. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






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






26. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






39. Each other - one another






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






44. Modern Language Association






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






46. Study of the history and origin of words






47. The order in which events happen in time.






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






49. 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.






50. Marks







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