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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






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






3. These help the main word verb describe action that happened in the past - is happening in the present - or will happen in the future; have - had - has - could - will have - will - shall - am - is






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Study of the structure of words






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






21. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






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






30. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The study of the structure of sentences






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






40. E.g. floor - desk - computer






41. Show possession or ownership my - mine - your(s) - his - her(s) - its - our(s) - their(s) - whose e.g. If this book isn't HERS - then it must be MINE.






42. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






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






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






45. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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. 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.






49. 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.






50. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration