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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Ex: If you want to stay healthy(dependent c.) - you must choose your food carefully(independent c.)
Present Tense
Complex Sentence
Possessive Pronouns
Hyphen
2. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Objective Case Noun
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Demonstrative Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
3. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Declarative Sentence
Compound subject - single predicate
Adverbs
Conditional Sentence
4. Study of the structure of words
Doublespeak
Morphology
Intensive Pronouns
Plural Nouns
5. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Climax
Reflective Pronouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Singular Nouns
6. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Interrogative Pronouns
Phonetics
Ambiguity
7. The order in which events happen in time.
Intransitive Verbs
Syntax
Chronological order
Pragmatics
8. Angela and Jay dance.
Singular Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Compound subject - single predicate
Neutral Nouns
9. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Future Tense
Chronological order
Indefinite Nouns
Adjective
10. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Psycholinguistics
Simple Pronouns
Sematics
location
11. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Psycholinguistics
Comparison
Simple Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
12. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Comparison
Climax
Simple Sentence
Comma
13. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Present Tense
Compound/ Complex Sentence
14. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Present Perfect Tense
Phonetics
Types of Source Material for Writing
Climax
15. Shows possession or ownership
Possessive Case Noun
Indefinite Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Abstract Nouns
16. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Doublespeak
Apostrophe
location
Imperative Sentence
17. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Antecedent
Intransitive Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
Sociolinguistics
18. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
APA?
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Past Perfect Tense
Transitive Verbs
19. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Clauses
MLA
Collective Nouns
Morphology
20. 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
Compound subject - compound predicate
Reflective Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Phonetics
21. American Psycological Association
Chronological order
Conditional Sentence
Effective Sentence
APA?
22. 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
Adverbs
Nominative Case Pronoun
Pragmatics
Concrete Nouns
23. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Complex Sentence
Parentheses
Compound Pronouns
24. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Present Tense
Comma
point of view
Reciprocal Pronouns
25. The study of meaning in a language
Jargon
Sematics
Psycholinguistics
Imperative Sentence
26. 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
Possessive Case Noun
Ineffective Sentences
Common Nouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
27. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
How to site for a book in MLA format
Hyphen
Student - created sources
Nominative Case Noun
28. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Compound subject - compound predicate
Masculine Nouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Transitive Verbs
29. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Ineffective Sentences
Complex Sentence
30. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Apostrophe
Singular Nouns
Present Tense
Compound Sentence
31. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Verbs
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Feminine Nouns
32. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Doublespeak
Psycholinguistics
Compound subject - compound predicate
Cause and Effect
33. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Relative Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
34. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
How to site for a book in MLA format
Personal Pronouns
Syntax
35. 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.
Present Tense
Possessive Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
English origins
36. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Compound subject - compound predicate
Relative Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Euphemism
37. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Classification
Question Mark
Brackets
Nominative Case Noun
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.
Phonetics
Personal Pronouns
Antecedent
Common Nouns
39. 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
Reciprocal Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Demonstrative Pronouns
40. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Present Perfect Tense
MLA
Nominative Case Noun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
41. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Neutral Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Relative Pronouns
Jargon
42. 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) -
Indefinite Pronouns
Transitive Verbs
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Collective Nouns
43. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Period
APA?
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Gerund
44. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Sarcasm
Phonetics
Phrasal Pronouns
45. 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).
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Chronological order
Transitive Verbs
Cause and Effect
46. 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
Imperative Sentence
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Style
Comparison
47. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Possessive Case Pronoun
Future Tense
Objective Case Noun
Intensive Pronouns
48. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Present Tense
Conditional Sentence
Doublespeak
49. Each other - one another
Compound Sentence
Apostrophe
Phrasal Pronouns
Plural Nouns
50. Modern Language Association
Intransitive Verbs
point of view
English origins
MLA