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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Intensive Pronouns
Climax
Indefinite Pronouns
Exclamation Point
2. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
English origins
Indefinite Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Past Perfect Tense
3. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
To cite a book in APA format
Independent clause with two phrases
English origins
Indefinite Pronouns
4. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Comma
Writing Activities
Relative Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
5. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Objective Case Noun
Reflective Pronouns
Parentheses
Classification
6. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Question Mark
Abstract Nouns
Present Tense
Antecedent
7. E.g. floor - desk - computer
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Future Perfect Tense
Neutral Nouns
8. Marks
Period
Style
Compound subject - single predicate
Brackets
9. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Psycholinguistics
Cause and Effect
Jargon
Style
10. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Dash
Phonetics
Period
Syntax
11. The study of meaning in a language
Intransitive Verbs
Interrogative Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
Sematics
12. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Style
Collective Nouns
Comparison
Relative Pronouns
13. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Adjective
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
14. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Nominative Case Pronoun
How to site for a book in MLA format
Morphology
Compound Pronouns
15. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Reference works
Classification
Compound Pronouns
Adverbs
16. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Compound Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
Adverbs
Infinitive Verb
17. 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
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Hyphen
Psycholinguistics
Tone
18. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Common Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Effective Sentence
Compound Pronouns
19. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Plural Nouns
Hyphen
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
English origins
20. The study of the structure of sentences
Objective Case Pronoun
Syntax
Clauses
Ethnolinguistics
21. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Antecedent
Compound Sentence
Phrases
Adjective
22. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Conditional Sentence
Compound Sentence
location
point of view
23. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Indefinite Pronouns
Exclamation Point
Interrogative Sentence
Simple Sentence
24. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Effective Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
Writing Activities
25. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Praise
Past Perfect Tense
Transitive Verbs
Tone
26. 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'
Tone
Reflective Pronouns
Participle Verb
Psycholinguistics
27. Study of the structure of words
Collective Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Possessive Pronouns
Morphology
28. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Brackets
Compound Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
29. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
location
Indefinite Nouns
Tone
To cite a book in APA format
30. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Exclamation Point
Psycholinguistics
Comparison
31. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Past Perfect Tense
location
Declarative Sentence
Exclamation Point
32. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Reference works
Singular Nouns
Parentheses
Writing Activities
33. 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.)
Reference works
Complex Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
34. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Ambiguity
Cause and Effect
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Compound Sentence
35. Modern Language Association
Past Perfect Tense
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
MLA
Verbs
36. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
English origins
Other sources
Possessive Pronouns
37. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Brackets
Clauses
Sarcasm
How to site for a book in MLA format
38. 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.
Present Tense
Dash
Antecedent
Future Perfect Tense
39. 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
Past Tense
Indefinite Pronouns
Antecedent
40. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Adjective
Objective Case Noun
Compound subject - single predicate
Sarcasm
41. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Simple Pronouns
Adverbs
Sarcasm
Internet
42. 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
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Indefinite Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Climax
43. 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.
Adverbs
Plural Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Writing Activities
44. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Clauses
Concrete Nouns
point of view
Single Subject - Single Predicate
45. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Counterpoint
Jargon
location
46. 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
Interrogative Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
Neutral Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
47. 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
English origins
Present Tense
Intransitive Verbs
Simple Sentence
48. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Clauses
Personal Pronouns
Writing Activities
Future Perfect Tense
49. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Singular Nouns
Feminine Nouns
Brackets
Intransitive Verbs
50. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
To cite a book in APA format
Common Nouns
Compound Pronouns
Proper Nouns