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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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






2. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






3. Each other - one another






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






13. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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






16. 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






17. Angela dances.






18. 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.)






19. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






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






21. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






24. The writer shows how events and their results are related






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






26. 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).






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






28. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






29. 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).






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






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






32. 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.






33. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Shows possession or ownership






45. 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) -






46. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






50. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.







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