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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






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






3. 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.






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'






5. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






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






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






18. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






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






20. 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






21. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






23. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






24. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.)






31. American Psycological Association






32. Angela and Jay dance.






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






34. 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.






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






36. Marks






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






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






39. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.






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






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






42. These help the main word verb describe action that happened in the past - is happening in the present - or will happen in the future; have - had - has - could - will have - will - shall - am - is






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






44. Every language as a dialect of an older communication form. Example: English two main dialects - British English and American English and they are close political allies






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






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






47. 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).






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






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






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