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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:
Future Perfect Tense
Clauses
location
2. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Sarcasm
Present Tense
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Interrogative Sentence
3. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Neutral Nouns
Sarcasm
Nominative Case Noun
Collective Nouns
4. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Concrete Nouns
Phrases
Abstract Nouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
5. 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.
Simple Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Possessive Pronouns
Effective Sentence
6. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Comma
Comparison
Reciprocal Pronouns
Simple Sentence
7. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Exclamatory Sentence
Sematics
Phonetics
Cause and Effect
8. 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
Reciprocal Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Singular Nouns
Reference works
9. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Writing Activities
Interrogative Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Period
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.
Sematics
Personal Pronouns
Compound Sentence
point of view
11. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Complex Sentence
Comparison
location
Parentheses
12. 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
Dash
Phonology
Parentheses
Abstract Nouns
13. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Climax
Common Nouns
Pragmatics
Declarative Sentence
14. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Antecedent
Interrogative Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Student - created sources
15. Study of the structure of words
Morphology
Reciprocal Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
Other sources
16. 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
Proper Nouns
Singular Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
17. 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
Feminine Nouns
Ambiguity
Intransitive Verbs
Compound Sentence
18. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Chronological order
Singular Nouns
Question Mark
location
19. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Sociolinguistics
Imperative Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
20. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Classification
Hyphen
Simple Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
21. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Phonology
To cite a book in APA format
Phrases
22. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Chronological order
Parentheses
Possessive Case Pronoun
Syntax
23. Shows possession or ownership
Abstract Nouns
Possessive Case Noun
Ineffective Sentences
Jargon
24. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Jargon
Question Mark
Masculine Nouns
Adverbs
25. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Syntax
Brackets
Ineffective Sentences
Apostrophe
26. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Apostrophe
To cite a book in APA format
Period
Declarative Sentence
27. 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) -
Conditional Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
Clauses
Intensive Pronouns
28. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Question Mark
Internet
Declarative Sentence
29. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Neutral Nouns
point of view
Cause and Effect
Simple Sentence
30. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Antecedent
Sociolinguistics
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Conditional Sentence
31. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Praise
Sociolinguistics
Simple Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
32. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Present Perfect Tense
Comparison
Objective Case Noun
33. 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.
English origins
Intensive Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
34. 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).
Transitive Verbs
Possessive Case Noun
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Ambiguity
35. Modern Language Association
Future Perfect Tense
MLA
Phonetics
Compound subject - single predicate
36. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Brackets
Adjective
Counterpoint
Adverbs
37. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Imperative Sentence
Verbs
Exclamation Point
Interrogative Pronouns
38. 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.
Personal Pronouns
Complex Sentence
Reciprocal Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
39. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Independent clause with two phrases
Personal Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Illustration
40. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Imperative Sentence
Counterpoint
Compound Sentence
Feminine Nouns
41. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Possessive Case Noun
Concrete Nouns
Question Mark
Masculine Nouns
42. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Writing Activities
Common Nouns
Syntax
Comma
43. Angela and Jay dance.
Complex Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Jargon
44. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Compound subject - single predicate
Present Tense
Brackets
Parentheses
45. 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.
Etymology
Compound Sentence
Demonstrative Pronouns
Phonetics
46. 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).
Classification
Transitive Verbs
Etymology
Dash
47. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Simple Sentence
Cause and Effect
Phrasal Pronouns
Illustration
48. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Ineffective Sentences
Etymology
Plural Nouns
Adjective
49. 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
Reciprocal Pronouns
Present Tense
Nominative Case Pronoun
Euphemism
50. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Verbs
Adverbs