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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






2. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






3. 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.






4. 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).






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






9. Film - art - media and so on






10. 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.






11. Shows possession or ownership






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






19. The study of meaning in a language






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






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






22. 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






23. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






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






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






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






27. The study of the structure of sentences






28. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






29. 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






30. 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






31. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






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






35. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






36. 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






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






38. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






42. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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