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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Reference works
Illustration
Ambiguity
Compound subject - compound predicate
2. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Infinitive Verb
Conditional Sentence
Cause and Effect
Euphemism
3. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
MLA
How to site for a book in MLA format
Relative Pronouns
Writing Activities
4. 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.
Compound Sentence
Imperative Sentence
Style
Transitive Verbs
5. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Other sources
Simple Sentence
Phrases
Ethnolinguistics
6. Film - art - media and so on
Indefinite Nouns
Psycholinguistics
MLA
Other sources
7. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Adverbs
Nominative Case Pronoun
Single Subject - Single Predicate
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
8. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Effective Sentence
Possessive Pronouns
Reference works
9. 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.)
Complex Sentence
Common Nouns
Possessive Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
10. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Plural Nouns
Other sources
Climax
11. 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).
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Transitive Verbs
Gerund
Present Perfect Tense
12. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Abstract Nouns
Pragmatics
Syntax
Comma
13. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Present Tense
Other sources
Verbs
Adjective
14. 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
Praise
Interrogative Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Demonstrative Pronouns
15. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Participle Verb
Student - created sources
Interrogative Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
16. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.
Present Perfect Tense
Cause and Effect
Intensive Pronouns
Morphology
17. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Ineffective Sentences
Interrogative Pronouns
Present Tense
Possessive Case Noun
18. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Ambiguity
Compound subject - compound predicate
Interrogative Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
19. 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
Dash
Infinitive Verb
Objective Case Pronoun
Verbs
20. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Complex Sentence
Syntax
Intensive Pronouns
21. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Past Tense
Possessive Case Pronoun
Brackets
Compound Pronouns
22. Shows possession or ownership
Question Mark
Clauses
Possessive Case Noun
location
23. The study of meaning in a language
Future Perfect Tense
Sematics
Reference works
How to site for a book in MLA format
24. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Simple Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Pragmatics
Morphology
25. 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
Demonstrative Pronouns
Collective Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Intransitive Verbs
26. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Brackets
Reflective Pronouns
Jargon
27. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Ambiguity
Other sources
Euphemism
Simple Pronouns
28. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Infinitive Verb
Concrete Nouns
Phonology
29. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
APA?
Neutral Nouns
Student - created sources
location
30. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Phonology
Interrogative Sentence
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Chronological order
31. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Pronoun
Objective Case Noun
Comparison
Imperative Sentence
32. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Compound Sentence
MLA
Psycholinguistics
Hyphen
33. 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.
Etymology
Comparison
Possessive Pronouns
Syntax
34. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Etymology
Common Nouns
35. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Doublespeak
Imperative Sentence
Comparison
36. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Simple Sentence
Personal Pronouns
Exclamation Point
Intransitive Verbs
37. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Singular Nouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Plural Nouns
Comparison
38. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Plural Nouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Phrasal Pronouns
location
39. 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.
Past Perfect Tense
How to site for a book in MLA format
Future Perfect Tense
Nominative Case Pronoun
40. 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
Intransitive Verbs
Dash
Phonology
Antecedent
41. The study of the structure of sentences
Indefinite Pronouns
Interrogative Sentence
Complex Sentence
Syntax
42. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Past Perfect Tense
Internet
Objective Case Noun
43. Angela and Jay dance.
Compound subject - single predicate
Other sources
Effective Sentence
Feminine Nouns
44. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Simple Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Jargon
Collective Nouns
45. 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).
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Verbs
Possessive Case Noun
Morphology
46. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Reflective Pronouns
Etymology
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
Syntax
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Proper Nouns
48. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Singular Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Simple Pronouns
Question Mark
49. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Other sources
Intensive Pronouns
Proper Nouns
English origins
50. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Etymology
point of view
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Brackets