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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.






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






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. 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.






5. 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) -






6. 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.






7. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






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






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






26. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






27. Each other - one another






28. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






35. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Modern Language Association






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






47. 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).






48. 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






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






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