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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Question Mark
Internet
Compound subject - single predicate
Writing Activities
2. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Collective Nouns
Compound Pronouns
Clauses
Morphology
3. The study of meaning in a language
Style
Student - created sources
Independent clause with two phrases
Sematics
4. Study of the history and origin of words
Student - created sources
Etymology
Euphemism
Present Perfect Tense
5. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Dash
Gerund
Writing Activities
Classification
6. 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.
Antecedent
Compound Sentence
Ineffective Sentences
Reflective Pronouns
7. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Psycholinguistics
Jargon
Praise
Question Mark
8. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Intransitive Verbs
Sematics
Sarcasm
Simple Sentence
9. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Phrasal Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Climax
10. 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.
Independent clause with two phrases
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Future Tense
Reciprocal Pronouns
11. 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.
Chronological order
Present Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Apostrophe
12. 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) -
Indefinite Pronouns
Comma
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Possessive Case Noun
13. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Comparison
Reflective Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Past Perfect Tense
14. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Cause and Effect
Proper Nouns
Climax
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
15. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Tone
Hyphen
Masculine Nouns
Past Perfect Tense
16. 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
English origins
Declarative Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Ethnolinguistics
17. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Antecedent
Comparison
Feminine Nouns
Etymology
18. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Etymology
Reflective Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Comparison
19. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Collective Nouns
Intensive Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Present Tense
20. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Tone
Present Tense
Hyphen
21. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Apostrophe
Future Tense
MLA
22. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Infinitive Verb
Plural Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
Conditional Sentence
23. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Brackets
Morphology
Exclamation Point
24. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Classification
Singular Nouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Verbs
25. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Future Perfect Tense
Psycholinguistics
Parentheses
Praise
26. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Antecedent
Adverbs
Tone
Objective Case Noun
27. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Clauses
Pragmatics
Singular Nouns
location
28. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
Collective Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Tone
29. American Psycological Association
Exclamation Point
Phonetics
Morphology
APA?
30. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
To cite a book in APA format
Reciprocal Pronouns
Transitive Verbs
31. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Complex Sentence
Adjective
Intransitive Verbs
Plural Nouns
32. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Question Mark
How to site for a book in MLA format
point of view
Intransitive Verbs
33. 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
Infinitive Verb
Compound Pronouns
Verbs
Singular Nouns
34. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Parentheses
Reflective Pronouns
Cause and Effect
Internet
35. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Intensive Pronouns
Participle Verb
Verbs
Dash
36. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Relative Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
MLA
Comparison
37. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Abstract Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
Concrete Nouns
Brackets
38. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Etymology
Illustration
Imperative Sentence
Chronological order
39. The study of the structure of sentences
Interrogative Pronouns
Phrases
Personal Pronouns
Syntax
40. 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.
Etymology
APA?
English origins
Simple Pronouns
41. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Abstract Nouns
Collective Nouns
Morphology
42. 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.
Question Mark
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Personal Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
43. 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.
point of view
Classification
Compound Sentence
Tone
44. 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
Past Perfect Tense
Complex Sentence
point of view
Ineffective Sentences
45. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Tone
Common Nouns
Style
Participle Verb
46. 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
Climax
Interrogative Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
47. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
APA?
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Antecedent
Psycholinguistics
48. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Phrases
Brackets
Types of Source Material for Writing
Compound Pronouns
49. Study of the structure of words
point of view
Sarcasm
Morphology
Possessive Pronouns
50. 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
Abstract Nouns
Intransitive Verbs
Hyphen
Possessive Case Noun