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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Ineffective Sentences
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Intransitive Verbs
Clauses
2. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Parentheses
Nominative Case Pronoun
Compound subject - compound predicate
Indefinite Nouns
3. Each other - one another
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
Praise
Future Tense
4. 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'
Verbs
Compound subject - single predicate
Proper Nouns
Participle Verb
5. 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
Imperative Sentence
Nominative Case Pronoun
Syntax
Independent clause with two phrases
6. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Proper Nouns
Reference works
Adjective
Tone
7. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Compound Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
location
8. American Psycological Association
Writing Activities
Abstract Nouns
APA?
MLA
9. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Collective Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Other sources
Sarcasm
10. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Euphemism
Adverbs
Compound subject - compound predicate
Internet
11. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Present Perfect Tense
Compound Sentence
Comparison
Reference works
12. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
Comparison
Style
Classification
13. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Hyphen
Illustration
Simple Pronouns
Exclamation Point
14. 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.
Brackets
Possessive Pronouns
MLA
Personal Pronouns
15. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Counterpoint
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Antecedent
16. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Possessive Case Noun
Ambiguity
Independent clause with two phrases
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
17. 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
Exclamatory Sentence
Morphology
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Ineffective Sentences
18. 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.
Compound Sentence
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Morphology
Masculine Nouns
19. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Climax
Possessive Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Possessive Case Noun
20. 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
Declarative Sentence
Relative Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
21. 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).
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Hyphen
Verbs
22. Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause (who - whom - whose - which - that and all of the W's + ever) e.g. The person THAT gave you the book is the boy WHO likes me.
Etymology
Counterpoint
Verbs
Relative Pronouns
23. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Declarative Sentence
Morphology
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Independent clause with two phrases
24. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Etymology
Reference works
Past Perfect Tense
Parentheses
25. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Cause and Effect
Parentheses
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Tone
26. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Feminine Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
Style
Compound subject - compound predicate
27. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Reflective Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Feminine Nouns
28. Angela dances.
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Nominative Case Noun
Intransitive Verbs
29. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Adjective
Ethnolinguistics
Imperative Sentence
Phonology
30. 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.
Internet
Sociolinguistics
Phrasal Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
31. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Tone
Phonology
To cite a book in APA format
Compound Sentence
32. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Compound subject - single predicate
Sarcasm
Compound Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
33. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Simple Pronouns
Comma
Jargon
34. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Internet
Concrete Nouns
Doublespeak
Simple Pronouns
35. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Declarative Sentence
Compound subject - single predicate
Relative Pronouns
Plural Nouns
36. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Transitive Verbs
Jargon
Tone
Chronological order
37. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Future Perfect Tense
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Nominative Case Pronoun
Effective Sentence
38. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Interrogative Sentence
Counterpoint
Brackets
Sociolinguistics
39. 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.
Intensive Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
Declarative Sentence
Euphemism
40. 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
Past Tense
Style
Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
41. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Exclamation Point
Present Perfect Tense
APA?
Tone
42. Angela and Jay dance.
Proper Nouns
Sematics
Indefinite Nouns
Compound subject - single predicate
43. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
APA?
Imperative Sentence
Clauses
Phonology
44. Modern Language Association
Sarcasm
point of view
Chronological order
MLA
45. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Possessive Pronouns
location
Neutral Nouns
Internet
46. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Style
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Writing Activities
Infinitive Verb
47. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Possessive Case Noun
Hyphen
Compound subject - compound predicate
Adverbs
48. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Exclamatory Sentence
Neutral Nouns
Adverbs
Participle Verb
49. The order in which events happen in time.
Chronological order
Transitive Verbs
MLA
Simple Sentence
50. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
location
Future Perfect Tense
Common Nouns
Style