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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






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






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






4. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






5. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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






7. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






8. 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






9. 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.






10. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






11. Marks






12. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






13. 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






14. American Psycological Association






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






16. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






17. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






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






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






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






21. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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.)






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






27. Study of the structure of words






28. 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.






29. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






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






31. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






34. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






37. 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) -






38. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






39. 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






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






41. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Angela dances.






49. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






50. Shows possession or ownership