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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






2. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






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






4. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






5. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






7. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






8. 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






9. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






10. 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






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






12. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






15. American Psycological Association






16. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






18. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






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






20. 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.)






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






24. 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.






25. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






26. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






29. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






30. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






31. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






32. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.






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






34. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






35. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






36. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






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






38. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






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






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






41. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






42. Shows possession or ownership






43. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






44. 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).






45. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






46. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






47. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






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






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






50. Angela and Jay dance.