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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Independent clause with two phrases
Other sources
Feminine Nouns
2. Angela dances.
Compound Pronouns
Antecedent
Present Tense
Single Subject - Single Predicate
3. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
To cite a book in APA format
Compound subject - compound predicate
Verbs
4. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Dash
Tone
Climax
point of view
5. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
MLA
Phonology
Objective Case Noun
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
6. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Compound Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
Antecedent
Simple Sentence
7. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Future Perfect Tense
To cite a book in APA format
Plural Nouns
Phonetics
8. 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.
Past Tense
Pragmatics
Compound subject - compound predicate
Intensive Pronouns
9. 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).
Classification
Indefinite Nouns
Collective Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
10. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Simple Sentence
Apostrophe
Singular Nouns
Morphology
11. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Tone
Phrases
Question Mark
Masculine Nouns
12. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Objective Case Pronoun
Reflective Pronouns
Question Mark
Ethnolinguistics
13. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Cause and Effect
Dash
Possessive Case Pronoun
Exclamatory Sentence
14. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Interrogative Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
APA?
Other sources
15. Modern Language Association
Chronological order
Imperative Sentence
MLA
Personal Pronouns
16. 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.
Independent clause with two phrases
Proper Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
Indefinite Nouns
17. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Style
Ambiguity
Pragmatics
Sematics
18. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Pragmatics
Possessive Case Noun
point of view
19. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Dash
Reciprocal Pronouns
Style
Plural Nouns
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
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Period
Chronological order
Intransitive Verbs
21. 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.
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Classification
Climax
Antecedent
22. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Syntax
Counterpoint
Past Tense
Style
23. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Verbs
Masculine Nouns
Apostrophe
Period
24. 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.
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Compound Sentence
Phonology
25. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Doublespeak
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Intransitive Verbs
Concrete Nouns
26. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Etymology
Reflective Pronouns
Chronological order
Demonstrative Pronouns
27. 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
Style
Compound Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
Praise
28. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Relative Pronouns
Counterpoint
Proper Nouns
Neutral Nouns
29. The study of the structure of sentences
Classification
Syntax
Conditional Sentence
APA?
30. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Praise
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Writing Activities
Past Tense
31. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Phonology
Simple Sentence
Jargon
Phrases
32. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Future Tense
Possessive Case Noun
Neutral Nouns
Ambiguity
33. 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'
Ineffective Sentences
Participle Verb
Praise
Sarcasm
34. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
Sociolinguistics
Plural Nouns
Phonology
35. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Adverbs
Apostrophe
Reciprocal Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
36. 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.)
Complex Sentence
Clauses
Simple Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
37. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Conditional Sentence
Common Nouns
Apostrophe
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
38. 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.
Feminine Nouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
English origins
Relative Pronouns
39. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Adjective
Future Perfect Tense
Interrogative Sentence
40. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
To cite a book in APA format
Masculine Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
41. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Declarative Sentence
Period
Simple Pronouns
Adverbs
42. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Etymology
Imperative Sentence
Adverbs
Comma
43. 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
Interrogative Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
Conditional Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
44. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Gerund
Climax
APA?
Euphemism
45. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Singular Nouns
Objective Case Noun
Reference works
46. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Abstract Nouns
Adverbs
Interrogative Sentence
Personal Pronouns
47. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Brackets
Feminine Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Declarative Sentence
48. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Present Tense
Clauses
Single Subject - Single Predicate
49. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Complex Sentence
Interrogative Sentence
Gerund
50. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Phonology
Illustration
Interrogative Sentence
Reflective Pronouns