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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






3. 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






4. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






5. 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






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






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






8. Angela dances.






9. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






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






12. 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






13. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






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






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






16. 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).






17. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






18. 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






19. American Psycological Association






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






24. The order in which events happen in time.






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






26. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






34. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






35. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






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






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






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






39. 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.)






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Each other - one another






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






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






49. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






50. 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