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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
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1. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






3. Shows possession or ownership






4. Film - art - media and so on






5. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






6. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. American Psycological Association






16. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






17. 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.)






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






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






20. Angela and Jay dance.






21. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






23. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






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






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






26. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






30. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






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






38. 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) -






39. Each other - one another






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.






41. Verb that can be used as a adjective. Present ends in - ing -----*Past ends in ed.- d -- t -- en -- n (The TERRIFYING movie was rated 'R') Ex. 'singing waiter' and 'baked goods'






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






43. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






44. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






45. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun






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






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






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






49. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






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