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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Declarative Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Possessive Case Noun
2. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Future Perfect Tense
Illustration
Compound subject - compound predicate
Present Perfect Tense
3. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Indefinite Nouns
Internet
Past Perfect Tense
Common Nouns
4. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Ethnolinguistics
Student - created sources
Etymology
Indefinite Nouns
5. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Relative Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Parentheses
MLA
6. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Effective Sentence
Period
Simple Pronouns
Phonetics
7. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Counterpoint
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Exclamation Point
Conditional Sentence
8. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Sociolinguistics
Future Perfect Tense
Singular Nouns
Adjective
9. 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.
Simple Sentence
Compound Pronouns
Present Tense
Compound Sentence
10. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Nominative Case Noun
Plural Nouns
Imperative Sentence
Types of Source Material for Writing
11. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Chronological order
Comma
Common Nouns
12. 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'
Climax
Masculine Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Participle Verb
13. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Jargon
Proper Nouns
Period
Single Subject - Single Predicate
14. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Interrogative Pronouns
Parentheses
Masculine Nouns
Period
15. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Exclamatory Sentence
Other sources
Writing Activities
Sematics
16. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Classification
Student - created sources
Declarative Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
17. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
location
Writing Activities
Hyphen
Style
18. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Style
Personal Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Clauses
19. Film - art - media and so on
Pragmatics
Compound Pronouns
Other sources
Classification
20. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Exclamatory Sentence
Phrases
Common Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
21. 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
Exclamation Point
Parentheses
English origins
Nominative Case Pronoun
22. 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.
Indefinite Pronouns
Period
Personal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
23. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Pragmatics
location
Praise
Other sources
24. 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.
Period
Reciprocal Pronouns
Classification
Reflective Pronouns
25. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Writing Activities
Chronological order
MLA
26. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Indefinite Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Effective Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
27. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Comparison
point of view
Phonetics
Future Perfect Tense
28. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Demonstrative Pronouns
Verbs
Past Tense
Plural Nouns
29. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Compound subject - compound predicate
English origins
Praise
Phonology
30. Every language as a dialect of an older communication form. Example: English two main dialects - British English and American English and they are close political allies
Etymology
Nominative Case Noun
Compound Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
31. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Interrogative Pronouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Climax
Infinitive Verb
32. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Demonstrative Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
33. Study of the structure of words
Morphology
Parentheses
Simple Sentence
Neutral Nouns
34. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Phrasal Pronouns
Syntax
Objective Case Pronoun
Declarative Sentence
35. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Euphemism
English origins
Dash
Gerund
36. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
Transitive Verbs
Compound subject - single predicate
Brackets
37. 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
Simple Pronouns
Sematics
Style
Single Subject - Single Predicate
38. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Past Tense
Internet
Neutral Nouns
39. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Comma
Phonology
40. Shows possession or ownership
Ineffective Sentences
Possessive Case Noun
Syntax
APA?
41. The study of meaning in a language
Masculine Nouns
Sematics
Objective Case Pronoun
Comparison
42. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Personal Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Concrete Nouns
Proper Nouns
43. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Tone
Present Tense
Compound subject - single predicate
Reciprocal Pronouns
44. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Other sources
Internet
Concrete Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
45. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Intensive Pronouns
Comparison
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
46. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Illustration
Reflective Pronouns
Adverbs
Dash
47. Study of the history and origin of words
Internet
Ineffective Sentences
Etymology
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
48. 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.
Possessive Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Cause and Effect
49. 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.
How to site for a book in MLA format
Gerund
point of view
Neutral Nouns
50. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Intransitive Verbs
Declarative Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
Sociolinguistics