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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 sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Relative Pronouns
Antecedent
Future Tense
Imperative Sentence
2. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Euphemism
Possessive Pronouns
Compound Pronouns
Question Mark
3. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Possessive Case Pronoun
Comparison
Conditional Sentence
Gerund
4. 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).
Ineffective Sentences
Masculine Nouns
Student - created sources
Compound/ Complex Sentence
5. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Complex Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Possessive Pronouns
6. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Sociolinguistics
Jargon
Possessive Pronouns
Praise
7. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Ambiguity
Collective Nouns
Future Tense
Writing Activities
8. The order in which events happen in time.
Student - created sources
Masculine Nouns
Jargon
Chronological order
9. 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
Comma
Compound subject - compound predicate
Plural Nouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
10. 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'
Independent clause with two phrases
Tone
Participle Verb
Past Perfect Tense
11. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Objective Case Noun
Simple Pronouns
Style
Pragmatics
12. The study of meaning in a language
Sematics
Classification
Syntax
Interrogative Sentence
13. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
How to site for a book in MLA format
Apostrophe
Compound subject - compound predicate
Demonstrative Pronouns
14. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Present Tense
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Interrogative Pronouns
To cite a book in APA format
15. Angela and Jay dance.
Writing Activities
Compound subject - single predicate
Plural Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
16. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Effective Sentence
Independent clause with two phrases
Verbs
17. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Independent clause with two phrases
Reflective Pronouns
Other sources
Reciprocal Pronouns
18. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Objective Case Pronoun
Student - created sources
Doublespeak
Question Mark
19. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Effective Sentence
Doublespeak
20. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Types of Source Material for Writing
Proper Nouns
Praise
Compound subject - single predicate
21. American Psycological Association
Phrases
Effective Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
APA?
22. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Morphology
Ethnolinguistics
Rhetoric organizational patterns
23. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Hyphen
Interrogative Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Present Tense
24. Marks
Present Tense
Climax
Abstract Nouns
Brackets
25. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Future Perfect Tense
Common Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
Interrogative Pronouns
26. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Writing Activities
Personal Pronouns
Doublespeak
Interrogative Sentence
27. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Exclamation Point
Hyphen
Collective Nouns
Praise
28. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Exclamatory Sentence
Future Perfect Tense
Sarcasm
Possessive Case Pronoun
29. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Ethnolinguistics
Present Perfect Tense
Past Tense
location
30. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Simple Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Antecedent
31. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Nominative Case Noun
Parentheses
Collective Nouns
Objective Case Noun
32. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Ethnolinguistics
Reference works
Compound Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
33. Study of the structure of words
location
Interrogative Pronouns
Morphology
Types of Source Material for Writing
34. Modern Language Association
Praise
Euphemism
Future Tense
MLA
35. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Dash
Future Tense
Common Nouns
36. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Conditional Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
Exclamation Point
Period
37. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Hyphen
Comparison
Reciprocal Pronouns
Euphemism
38. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Comma
Climax
Indefinite Nouns
Complex Sentence
39. 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
Singular Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Euphemism
Indefinite Pronouns
40. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Ethnolinguistics
Phrases
Objective Case Noun
Plural Nouns
41. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Psycholinguistics
Nominative Case Noun
Imperative Sentence
Phonology
42. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Interrogative Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
43. Study of the history and origin of words
Collective Nouns
MLA
Effective Sentence
Etymology
44. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Exclamation Point
Types of Source Material for Writing
Climax
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
45. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Comparison
Phonetics
Comma
Present Perfect Tense
46. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Compound subject - compound predicate
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Apostrophe
47. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
To cite a book in APA format
Sarcasm
Apostrophe
Demonstrative Pronouns
48. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Feminine Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Adjective
Hyphen
49. 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
Internet
Proper Nouns
Hyphen
Single Subject - Single Predicate
50. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Demonstrative Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Concrete Nouns