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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Simple Sentence
Period
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Singular Nouns
2. 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.
Verbs
Personal Pronouns
Complex Sentence
Common Nouns
3. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Apostrophe
To cite a book in APA format
Simple Sentence
Doublespeak
4. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
How to site for a book in MLA format
Interrogative Pronouns
Internet
Infinitive Verb
5. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Present Tense
Phonology
Collective Nouns
Pragmatics
6. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Style
Plural Nouns
Cause and Effect
7. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Parentheses
Internet
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Reciprocal Pronouns
8. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Compound subject - single predicate
Concrete Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
9. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
APA?
Tone
Abstract Nouns
Syntax
10. Angela and Jay dance.
Dash
Adverbs
Compound subject - single predicate
Psycholinguistics
11. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Sociolinguistics
APA?
Comparison
location
12. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Abstract Nouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Simple Pronouns
Chronological order
13. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Phrasal Pronouns
Pragmatics
Writing Activities
Compound subject - compound predicate
14. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Phonetics
Other sources
Present Tense
Praise
15. 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
Intransitive Verbs
Reference works
Etymology
Past Tense
16. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Masculine Nouns
Sarcasm
Intensive Pronouns
Phrases
17. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Demonstrative Pronouns
location
Future Perfect Tense
Clauses
18. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Imperative Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Pragmatics
19. 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
Complex Sentence
Ineffective Sentences
English origins
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
20. Modern Language Association
MLA
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Phrasal Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
21. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Ambiguity
Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Common Nouns
22. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Climax
Style
Compound subject - compound predicate
Types of Source Material for Writing
23. 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.
Compound Sentence
Etymology
Nominative Case Noun
APA?
24. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Sociolinguistics
Adjective
Cause and Effect
Illustration
25. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Imperative Sentence
location
Indefinite Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
26. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Verbs
Student - created sources
Indefinite Nouns
Ambiguity
27. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Question Mark
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Counterpoint
Future Perfect Tense
28. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Participle Verb
Interrogative Sentence
Compound subject - compound predicate
Reflective Pronouns
29. 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.
Proper Nouns
Future Tense
Antecedent
Effective Sentence
30. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Abstract Nouns
Exclamation Point
Adjective
Sematics
31. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Present Tense
Types of Source Material for Writing
Exclamatory Sentence
32. 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).
Possessive Case Pronoun
Internet
Psycholinguistics
Transitive Verbs
33. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Illustration
Phonetics
Etymology
Plural Nouns
34. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Indefinite Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
Effective Sentence
Other sources
35. 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.
Intensive Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Question Mark
Compound Pronouns
36. 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.
Praise
Abstract Nouns
Sociolinguistics
Reciprocal Pronouns
37. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Nominative Case Noun
Jargon
Compound subject - single predicate
Reflective Pronouns
38. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Period
Indefinite Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Comparison
39. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Dash
Masculine Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
Other sources
40. 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.
English origins
Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Cause and Effect
41. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Singular Nouns
Sematics
Etymology
Adverbs
42. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Phonology
Climax
Independent clause with two phrases
Phonetics
43. Study of the structure of words
Clauses
Chronological order
Objective Case Noun
Morphology
44. Shows possession or ownership
Future Perfect Tense
To cite a book in APA format
Objective Case Pronoun
Possessive Case Noun
45. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Concrete Nouns
Illustration
Future Tense
Doublespeak
46. Marks
Comparison
Question Mark
English origins
Brackets
47. 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) -
Ethnolinguistics
Objective Case Noun
Reference works
Indefinite Pronouns
48. The study of meaning in a language
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Future Perfect Tense
Sematics
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
49. The study of the structure of sentences
Possessive Case Pronoun
Other sources
Syntax
Collective Nouns
50. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Praise
Future Perfect Tense
Parentheses
Past Perfect Tense