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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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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






2. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






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






4. 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.






5. 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).






6. The study of the structure of sentences






7. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






13. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






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






15. Marks






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






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






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






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






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






21. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






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






24. American Psycological Association






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






26. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. The study of meaning in a language






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






41. Study of the history and origin of words






42. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






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






44. 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.






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






46. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






47. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






49. 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.






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







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