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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






4. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






5. 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






6. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






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






8. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






9. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






10. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






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






12. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






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






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






15. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






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






17. 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






18. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






19. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






20. 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.






21. Film - art - media and so on






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






23. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.






24. Shows possession or ownership






25. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






26. The study of meaning in a language






27. 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).






28. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






29. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






33. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






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






35. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






36. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






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






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






39. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






40. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






41. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






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






43. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






44. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






45. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






46. Modern Language Association






47. 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) -






48. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






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






50. The study of the structure of sentences