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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






3. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






4. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






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






6. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






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






8. Marks






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.)






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






11. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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'






19. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






21. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






22. Unnatural language - such as cliches and inappropriate jargon - Nonstandard language or unparallel construction - Errors such as disagreement between pronouns and referent - Short - stilted sentences; run - on sentenences; or sentence fragments






23. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






24. Angela dances.






25. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






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






27. 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).






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






29. 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.






30. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






31. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






32. Film - art - media and so on






33. 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






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






35. The order in which events happen in time.






36. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






37. E.g. floor - desk - computer






38. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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






45. Modern Language Association






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






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






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