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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. The study of the structure of sentences






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






11. 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.






12. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






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






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






15. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






18. 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).






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. The study of meaning in a language






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






27. 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.






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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






37. 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) -






38. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






39. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






41. 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.






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






43. The writer shows how events and their results are related






44. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






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






46. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






47. Film - art - media and so on






48. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






49. Modern Language Association






50. 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'