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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. Each other - one another






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






4. 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.






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






6. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






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






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






12. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






13. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






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






15. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill. SWIMMING is Alice's favourite form of exercise.






16. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






17. 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).






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






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






20. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






22. The order in which events happen in time.






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






24. Modern Language Association






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






34. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






35. 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






36. Film - art - media and so on






37. 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






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






39. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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).






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






44. 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






45. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






46. 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) -






47. Angela dances.






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






49. Study of the structure of words






50. 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.