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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Modern Language Association






13. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






14. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






15. 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.






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






17. Film - art - media and so on






18. The order in which events happen in time.






19. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






20. 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.






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






22. The study of meaning in a language






23. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






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






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






26. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






27. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






28. Marks






29. Study of the structure of words






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






31. Each other - one another






32. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






33. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






35. 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.






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






37. Angela and Jay dance.






38. The study of the structure of sentences






39. 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.






40. 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).






41. 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) -






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






43. Study of the history and origin of words






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Shows possession or ownership