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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






2. 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.






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






4. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






5. Angela dances.






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






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






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






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






10. The study of meaning in a language






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






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






13. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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).






27. 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






28. 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.






29. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






30. Film - art - media and so on






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






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. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






34. 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






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






36. The order in which events happen in time.






37. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






38. Refer to people or animals - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - me - him - her - us - them e.g. THEY told US that THEY were going to meet HER at the mall.






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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